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A Pastime Consigned to History: Bear Baiting in 16th and 17th Century London
Excavations in Bear Gardens, Southwark, revealed faunal assemblages relating to the once-popular sport
Tackling Baldness with Bears Grease: an Unusual Find
Work in Croydon revealed everything from Victorian terraced housing and post-medieval structures to potential prehistoric remains
Seeking Answers Through Analysis at Drumnadrochit
Archaeological work over four years has identified extensive Neolithic activity and a Bronze Age cemetery at Lewiston, Drumnadrochit
A Final Season at King's Seat
The third and final year of excavations at King's Seat near Dunkeld, Perthshire
Bronze Age Burials at Carnoustie
A series of cists were among the features uncovered on a complex, multi-period site in Angus
Exploring Prehistory in North Ayrshire
A complex story of settlement activity dating from the Neolithic and late Iron Age
Glimpses of Medieval Aberdeen and its People
Excavations at Aberdeen Art Gallery have yielded a wealth of information about life in the medieval city
Lathe-turning at Black Loch
Excavations in 2019 revealed new evidence of Iron Age woodworking techniques onsite
A new online publication on prehistoric pottery from Weston Wood, Surrey
Download the report on Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery from Weston Wood in Surrey…
Early Medieval Dalmeny
New evidence for early medieval occupation at historic Dalmeny, Edinburgh
Conservation of the Wooden Vessel from the Cairns, Orkney
AOC is delighted to have been involved in conservation and post-excavation analysis of this spectacular find
Excavating a Roman Town at Sandy, Bedfordshire
Between April and October 2018, archaeologists from AOC’s London office excavated a Roman settlement in Sandy
Excavation of a Souterrain in the Outer Hebrides
An unexpected discovery at Knockaird, Ness, on the Isle of Lewis
A Bronze Age Cemetery in Drumnadrochit, by Loch Ness
The Results of Excavations between 2015 and 2018
Exploring a Pictish Promontory Fort in Moray
Work with the Northern Picts and Comparative Kingship Projects from the University of Aberdeen
A Third Bronze Age Cist at Drumnadrochit
AOC has excavated a third Bronze Age cist from the Kilmore site, containing multiple sherds of a Beaker
Prehistoric Roundhouse Uncovered in Tore Woodland
Work ahead of development leads to new evidence about prehistoric settlement north of the Highland capital
News from Current Work at India Buildings, Edinburgh
Updates from our excavations at India Buildings, in the heart of Edinburgh's historic Old Town
Evidence of Metalworking at King's Seat
Community archaeology with Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust and Dunkeld & Birnam Historical Society
An Early Medieval Enclosure at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire
AOC's Cathy MacIver has been working with Dr Gordon Noble and colleagues since 2012, excavating a 5th-6th century palisaded enclosure