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SHARP lecture series 2018
Every Tuesday evening during the excavation season, at 7:30pm, Sedgeford's beautiful church becomes a lecture theatre for the weekly...
Archaeology without digging
When most people think of archaeology they have visions of digging large trenches on your hands and knees using a trowel. Well, that...
All that is gold totally glitters
Treasure. Archaeology. In popular culture, they go together: after all, Indiana Jones seems to find a lot of it, as does Lara Croft. In...
Unlocking Sedgeford's Medieval Past
In 2018 we are introducing a new course delving deep into the medieval history of the very typical English village of Sedgeford....
In memory of Miner John: the John Hensby Memorial Bursary
In the 22 years that SHARP has been digging in Norfolk, we have had many amazing people come to join us and, sadly, some have also gone....
Memento mori
Archaeologists dig up plenty of interesting stuff, but arguably none of it is more interesting - or meaningful - than excavating the...
SHARP's pre-Easter week
Rather than undertaking our usual field walking exercise this Easter, we spent the time on a number of mini projects. To give us a more...
Sedgeford's medieval graffiti
Modern graffiti ranges from the highly sought-after art of Banksy to that quoted in a Cambridge Part II Philosophy examination paper...
Easter 2018
Trench 23 is ready for the summer As a precursor to the summer season a few of us usually arrive in Sedgeford in March/April to...
A bit about BERT
SHARP's Basic Excavation and Recording Techniques - or BERT - course is our introduction to archaeology for all comers. Run by two...
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