31 Thursday Aug 2017
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archaeology, England, excavation, Leicester, Leicestershire, news
Dig will run from 2 – 27 September at Castle Hill Country Park In September, University of Leicester archaeologists working with Leicester City Council and members of the public, will return to Castle Hill Country Park at Beaumont Leys to continue exploring a large scheduled ancient monument, Castle Hill, believed to be the remains of […]
25 Tuesday Apr 2017
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archaeology, England, excavation, Leicester, Leicestershire, news, Open Day, Places to Visit, Roman, Roman Britain
Excavation open to the public on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May. University of Leicester Archaeological Services are currently excavating the site of the former Stibbe factory, between Great Central Street and Highcross Street in central Leicester. The land is owned by Charles Street Buildings group, which has made the site available and financially supported […]
via Largest archaeological excavation in Leicester in over a decade to open to public — ULAS News
08 Thursday Sep 2016
Posted in Archaeology, Education, WEA
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archaeology, education, Leicester, Leicestershire, prehistory, WEA
The Neolithic, or New Stone Age, was a period of cultural change when hunter-gatherers turned to farming and when many famous prehistoric monuments were built. In this course we will examine sites such as Stonehenge, Skara Brae and Newgrange to investigate what they can tell us about the people who built them, and compare them […]
06 Tuesday Sep 2016
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LEICESTER BRANCH OPEN DAY at WEA 101 Hinckley Road, Leicester LE3 0TD Thursday 8th September 2016 10am – 4pm Come and find out what’s on offer and try some free sample sessions which will include: My Bard 10.00am-12.00pm Mandarin 10.00am-12.00pm Family History 10.00am-12.00pm Arts and Craft 1.00pm-3.00pm Richard III 1.00pm-3.00pm Using Social Media 1.00pm-3.00pm Tutors […]
via Leicester Branch Open Day! – only 1 day to go — WEA Leicester Branch
05 Monday Sep 2016
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A variety of courses offered by the WEA Leicester will commence in September 2016. Please download the brochure by clicking the link em-leicester-web-brochure-16. Please ring on 0116 255 6614 or email 101leicester@wea.org.uk for expression of interest. Alternatively you could enrol online https://enrolonline.wea.org.uk/online/login.aspx
02 Friday Sep 2016
Posted in Archaeology
University of Leicester Archaeological Services will be working with Leicester City Council to explore an enigmatic monument in one of the city’s Country Parks. The ancient monument at the heart of Leicester’s Castle Hill Country Park is due to be investigated later this month as part of a community archaeological project. Leicester City Council and […]
25 Thursday Aug 2016
Posted in Archaeology
LEICESTER BRANCH OPEN DAY at WEA 101 Hinckley Road, Leicester LE3 0TD Thursday 8th September 2016 10am – 4pm Come and find out what’s on offer and try some free sample sessions which will include: My Bard 10.00am-12.00pm Mandarin 10.00am-12.00pm Family History 10.00am-12.00pm Arts and Craft 1.00pm-3.00pm Richard III 1.00pm-3.00pm Using Social Media 1.00pm-3.00pm Tutors […]
07 Thursday Jul 2016
Posted in Archaeology
Archaeologists from ULAS have recently excavated a late Roman cemetery at Western Road in Leicester’s West End. Amongst the eighty-three skeletons recorded by the team, one burial is proving to be very exciting. The simple grave in question had been dug into mudstone on the west bank of the River Soar, to the south-west of […]
via Rare discovery of late Roman official buried in Leicester — ULAS News
14 Tuesday Jun 2016
Posted in Archaeology
ULAS archaeologists discover more hidden history at Jewry Wall Roman Baths. Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have uncovered a wealth of history hidden beneath the earth around the Jewry Wall Museum. The team from ULAS, led by Gavin Speed, has already unearthed Roman walls, pottery and human remains during exploratory work at the popular […]
04 Monday Apr 2016
Posted in Archaeology, Education, WEA
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archaeology, education, Leicester, Leicestershire, Loughborough, Lowdham, medieval, Nottinghamshire, Richard III, WEA
Whilst it is not essential to do any background reading before the course begins, you may find it useful to do so. The reading list below contains books that you can read. You don’t have to read all of these and we don’t specify any that you must read. Instead, these are readings you can use to gain a preliminary understanding of topics, as well as to study in more depth those parts of the course you are particularly interested in. You may also want to take a look at magazines such as British Archaeology, World Archaeology and Current Archaeology.
Further suggestions about ways you can extend your understanding of topics through books, television etc may also be posted as appropriate on this blog, as well as on the WEA East Midlands Region History Space.
Ashdown-Hill, J. 2013. The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA. The History Press.
Kennedy, M, Foxhall, L and Greyfriars Research Team. 2015. The Bones of a King: Richard III Rediscovered. Wiley-Blackwell.
Langley, P and Jones, M. 2014. The King’s Grave: The Search for Richard III. John Murray Publishing.
Morris, M and Buckley, R. 2013. Richard III: The King Under the Car Park: The Story of the Search for England’s Last Plantagenet King. University of Leicester School of Archaeology and Ancient History.
Pitts, M. 2014. Digging for Richard III: How Archaeology Found the King. Thames and Hudson Ltd.
Also available on DVD: Richard III: The King in the Carpark + Richard III: The Unseen Story.
