My Mother’s HandbagMaja Lucas

Maja Lucas — Thu, 26 May 2022 07:00:09 +0000

My mother’s handbag is 30 years old. It’s black leather, and covered in scratches and bumps. On one side the strap has come loose, but she has cobbled it together with green twine. Some of the seams are coming apart where the leather has worn off. But my mother hasn’t thrown it out, because [...]

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Recycle Archaeology’s Labels for LandfillHelen Wickstead

Helen Wickstead — Thu, 26 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Most people don’t know that thousands of finds from archaeological digs end up in landfill. Some of these “de-selected” artefacts turned up on the spoil-heap or outside the trench. They can’t be used to date deposits because they are not stratified within excavated layers. Many fragments of ancient bone, pot and stone are not [...]

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My Mother’s HandbagMaja Lucas

Recycle Archaeology’s Labels for LandfillHelen Wickstead