York Archaeology

18/06/2026

S is for Stratigraphy🪏

Layers upon layers reveal the story of human activity...

15/06/2026

Our monographs are now available digitally! These are fantastic volumes that dive into select excavations🔍

📕Volume 1 - Archaeological Excavations at Hanging Banks, Wingerworth, Derbyshire
📙Volume 2 - The Roman Cemetery at Hungate, York
📗Volume 3 - Kirkstall Forge, Leeds

13/06/2026

R is for Romans⏳

Excavations near York will likely reveal some Roman archaeology related to the fortress of Eboracum. However, we don't just dig in York!

10/06/2026

From 2021, select excavations have been published as part of the York Archaeology Monograph series; these are now freely available on our website📚 https://www.collections.yorkarchaeologicaltrust.co.uk/s/collections/faceted-browse/20

📕Volume 1 - Archaeological Excavations at Hanging Banks, Wingerworth, Derbyshire
📙Volume 2 - The Roman Cemetery at Hungate, York
📗Volume 3 - Kirkstall Forge, Leeds

06/06/2026

As Volunteer Week comes to a close, we wanted to share some of these fascinating items. They were uncovered by, Madeline Pelletier, an MA Public History student at the University of York, who spent the last semester with our Collections and Archives team, working with the JORVIK Viking Centre archives on rationalisation and cataloging.

Madeline has written two blog posts about her placement experience and the work she has been involved in. You can read them on our website:

https://community.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/experiencing-jorvik-a-placement-reflection/

https://community.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/a-semester-in-the-archives/

04/06/2026

Our new blog post delves into the Roman discoveries from beneath York Guildhall. Read it here: https://commercial.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/beneath-york-guildhall-roman-discoveries-from-the-excavation/

We also have a paper published about the site: https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue71/10/

1 - Wall plaster painted with a trellis (red) and leaf (green) design
2 - Painted wall plaster with a red border
3 - A 2nd century bone hairpin with an egg or pomegranate clasped between thumb and index finger

01/06/2026

26/05/2026

20/05/2026

You may recognise these from our posts on excavations at Clifton Ings. We’ve now published a blog with more details on the site and what we uncovered: https://commercial.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/clifton-ings-excavations-and-finds/

1 - A selection of small finds from the site, including a spoon handle, toothbrush, and dominoes.
2 - 3 Rare Dominoes discovered.
3 - Examples of transfer-printed stamps on the ceramic fragments recovered from the site.