Spoilheap Archaeology

22/01/2026

Back by popular demand(!), the old resources pages have now been added to my new website, with new photos for illustration. The pages themselves have not been updated for sometime, but they have proved useful for several archaeological courses taught in the UK and US, whose students regularly use them. They cover my main areas of interest: archaeology, finds, ceramics, human skeletal remains and burial archaeology:

Resources pages written for the original Spoilheap website, with data for those interested in learning more about some aspects of archaeology. Please note that the information has not been updated recently.

02/08/2025

Out today!

11/12/2024

Some textile impressions preserved for posterity in the surface of a medieval brick from Cambridgeshire.

05/07/2024

Another one of my bone reports gets a mention!

You may remember that back in October 2023 the excavations at Rendlesham uncovered unexpected graves in the smaller trench (Trench 15). Since then, the specialist has examined the human remains and radiocarbon dates have now been returned.

Find out more in our article here: https://heritagesuffolk.wordpress.com/2024/07/05/rendlesham-2023-human-remains/

Part of the Rendlesham Revealed project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

01/07/2024

So great to get one of my editing jobs into a hard copy. Available now from

16/05/2024

One of my old reports has finally been published! A very interesting site, and open access publication. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90106

31/10/2023

Happy Halloween - a little 'skull' (badly applied stamp) on a Brill/Boarstall jug from an Oxford college.

07/07/2023

The Norfolk Archaeology journal 'book block' has just arrived from the printers for me to check. It's looking good, so binding will be completed next week and then the journal will be posted out free of charge to all our members. It's a bumper edition (281 pages, A4), with mostly colour illustrations throughout. If you would like a copy, join now! https://www.nnas.info/join-us/

The papers cover: prehistoric sites at Wells, Wymondham and Postwick; multi-period sites at Fakenham, Scottow, Old Catton and Fincham; an Anglo-Saxon settlement at Heacham; Anglo-Scandinavian Norwich; post-medieval pottery and brick production in Cringleford; documentary research into field systems in West Norfolk and Happisburgh; studies of Paston Hall, Sir John Fastolf's Tittleshall manor, and the Tudor book trade in Norwich; and an analysis of the prominent men and women in the early years of the NNAS. A short contribution on Bronze Age axes, plus all the usual round-ups of sites and finds, obituaries and book reviews are also included.

20/06/2022

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05/07/2021

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