2022-04-05 15:31
Introduction 1.1 What I study I reverse engineer archaeological buildings & structures from posthole evidence.Using traditional architectural technical drawing, CAD, and… Read More
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An archaeologist’s view of the archaeology of building and architecture in the ancient world, especially prehistoric Southern England, 2000BC ~500AD
2021-04-28 02:23
One Sunday, in hole under a road in Colchester, a lad on community service cautiously removed the gravelled surface of a Roman Street, to reveal a layer of yellow sand. With great care… Read More
2021-04-14 21:13
If Academic Archaeology has become a bastion of science denial, who is to blame?I realised British Archaeology was unwell, when I attended TAG 90, where the psychosis was already becoming ev… Read More
2021-04-13 06:40
To test the water, and offer English Heritage a chance to consider the matter I sent an e-mail explaining the Science that proves Bede, writing in the C8th was wrong to suggest Hadrian built… Read More
2021-04-12 03:09
How to build a mortared structure in a stony river bed 1. Dig a diversion Channel2 Dam the river at both ends & Divert the river3 Constructed mortared stone peers in river bed4 Cons… Read More
2021-03-26 07:29
Found Down The Back of a Digital Sofa. Just to avoid confusion and to let off steam under the pressure of lock down I have created a new b… Read More
2021-02-22 08:14
1. Context.In the precious post I was quite hard, if not downright disrespectful about some of strange conceptions about how cavalry horses might be stabled. So it’s time to put some c… Read More
2021-02-05 05:06
Hadrian's Wall sits on the boundary of Archaeology and History, apart from its scant remains, it exists as a literary and artistic creation, it is already something imagined, a myth. I… Read More
2021-02-01 03:19
Hadrian's Wall was an elaborate frontier system designed by the Emperor with stone built forts linked by a continuous wall and serviced by road with naval bases at either end, at least… Read More
2021-01-28 07:28
Holocaust Memorial Day, 27th of January is to remind the world of the victims of National Socialism racists theories, that led to the death of millions. In addition to the systema… Read More
2021-01-18 01:20
The good news is that my cancer has not returned, but having reached the "Do Not Revive" age group, I am not taking anything for granted, and I have further surgery scheduled in the ne… Read More
2020-05-24 02:51
I felt it was high time someone gave academics the sort of clap that they so richly deserve, although I am still working, if only to rob Universal Credit of another victim, However, as a bir… Read More
2019-12-09 21:10
i aten't dead [1]Many, many thanks to Mr Tobias Page and his team at the Freeman Hospital for saving my life, and all in Ward 2 who were responsible for my recovery. For the record I a… Read More
2019-10-23 23:53
As a result of having go under the knife tomorrow, I have not been able to finish Part 1 of my New Video Series. An introduction to Theoretical Archaeology of Timber St… Read More
2019-09-18 23:45
Please excuse the delay, Part III has been on adventure, it disappeared off on a weeks unscheduled leave to digital Neverland.The Theoretical Structural Archaeology data centre asynchronous… Read More
2019-08-02 07:33
This is part 2 of my video version of my Understanding Hadrian's Wall talk, available locally on request, free to a good home.Hopefully, some of the technical aspects have improved ove… Read More
2019-07-06 23:56
Factuality A recent episode of illness, has made me reconsider my route to market and the future of this blog. I have been working on a book, but the complexities of 3D modelling… Read More
2019-02-20 05:08
Imaginary Walls In AD 122, Emperor Hadrian’s first Imperial tour brought him to the Roman province of Britannia, and more specifically its Northern Border. Here he imagined a gre… Read More
2018-07-14 07:14
There is a deep and abiding connection between archaeology and the pub, so it is appropriate that I should be giving a series of presentations in The Twice Brewed Inn; archaeology is coming… Read More
2017-06-05 01:29
Problems; what problems? To the casual observer, what Hadrian’s Wall was for and how it worked is fairly straight forward, but dig a little deeper and all is not as it seems. &hell…Read More
2017-03-03 08:36
When you start an excavation, or make an original observation, it may become your responsibility to give things a name, which is not as easy as it might seem. I inherited an archaeolog… Read More
2017-01-14 21:38
What is the first thing you would teach an archaeologist?After 150 page views with no guesses - and as a tacit acknowledgement of this venal and wicked world - I am raising t… Read More
2017-01-02 08:53
One of basic principles that always governed my professional practice in commercial world was “Always do what you say you are going to do”, if everyone sticks to this, then even… Read More
2016-12-27 12:28
What is the first thing you would teach an archaeologist?What would you would teach in lesson 1 - paragraph 1 - to your new student or employee about archaeology? The first steps… Read More
2016-12-25 07:50
Wishing all readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Read More
2016-12-04 00:06
Any archaeologist will tell you that dealing with press is always fun; you may get all the right words—but not necessarily in the right order, so I am reasonably happy with results of… Read More
2016-11-05 12:56
The need to illustrate recent speaking engagements, has necessitated the revisiting a virtual model of the Roman timber rampart based on foundations found at Shields Road, Byker, which a rea… Read More
2016-10-11 16:42
Over the years, all sort of interesting sites have turned up in my inbox from correspondents seeking my opinion on what they have found. This has included a potential biblical site in… Read More
2016-09-30 23:27
A Date for the DiaryOn Wednesday, 26th October, at 6.30pm. I have been very kindly invited by Greenhead Local History Group to give talk on the Wall as described below.PRESS RELEASEThe Green… Read More
2016-07-12 23:54
Conference; Reading the Wall; Newcastle University; 15/6/16 – 17/6/16.The Turf Wall and the Vallum: Linguistic Dislocation on Hadrian’s Wall; Geoff Carter.Abstract; Ab… Read More
2016-04-26 21:26
It is spring, the swallows have returned to the farm, so it is time for a mission statement, or an explanation what after 8 years on the internet Theoretical Structural Archaeology is all ab… Read More
2016-02-24 08:52
The Vallum is one of the largest earthworks in the world, part of Hadrian's Wall World Heritage site, and yet is seldom discussed, perhaps because while its interpretation may work on paper… Read More
2016-01-31 00:42
#blogarchIn response to the latest blog Carnival organised by Doug Rocks-Macqueen, the champion of archaeological blogging, over at Doug’sArchaeology, I am posting about the challenges… Read More
2016-01-20 01:33
Ditched Enclosures in Neolithic EuropeI have to thank Víctor Jiménez Jáimez for raising me from the deep sepulchral gloom of my seasonal torpidity, to bring you news of… Read More
2016-01-12 22:41
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2015-09-29 16:59
A game of blind house detectiveWhen a reader contacted me to ask my opinion on a reconstruction that was referred to as “the Stonehenge House”, I saw an interesting opportun… Read More
2015-09-29 16:57
Recent events in the Middle East, or rather several millennia of tragedy in the area, has highlighted the issues of Gods, and the problems they cause, so should archaeologists… Read More
2015-07-18 23:49
A game of blind house detectiveWhen a reader contacted me to ask my opinion on a reconstruction that was referred to as “the Stonehenge House”, I saw an interesting opportun… Read More
2015-07-13 01:03
An exciting new blog to visitFor some time I have been discussing some interesting research with Michael Carter of Ryerson University; He has been working on a project to utilise modern grap… Read More
2015-05-24 09:25
What's the big idea?It is roughly 270 years since a government in Westminster had Hadrian’s Wall systematically demolished and crushed to make the road that now brings the tourists to… Read More
2015-04-30 15:38
I have been blogging about the archaeology of structures for nearly 7 years, during which Google tells me I have a little over half a million page views; some of this self-selecting audience… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Over at Doug’s Archaeology Blog the final question for next month’s #blogarch SAA session on blogging is where are you going with blogging or would you it like to go? While… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Recognizing the Timber Wall and Ditch, predating the more familiar Hadrian’s Wall, highlighted central importance of timber engineering to the Roman army in the field and took th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This month’s question posed for the participants in the blog archaeology Carnival over Doug’s Archaeology is fairly flexible, I have chosen; what was your most significant post?A… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
One of the first things you learn as an archaeologist is that “History” is the study of specialist artefacts involving writing and other forms of recording, and that “Prehi… Read More
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