Human remains at Bishopsmill School, Norton 2003

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Welcome to the

Tees Archaeology website.

 

This website has been designed to allow you to learn more about the archaeology of the lower Tees Valley and the activities of our service.

You can use the site to find out about our past and future projects, download newsletters, booklets and reports.

For those of you who want to get involved we have pages on volunteering, opportunities and vacancies. We hope that there is something here for everyone, wherever you are in the world and whatever your age or level of interest in the subject.

You can contact Tees Archaeology at..

Sir William Gray House

Clarence Road

Hartlepool

TS24 8BT

Telephone 01429 523455

Email         tees.archaeology@hartlepool.gov.uk

 

..or even flag us as one of your favourites? You never know what new and exciting finds may have been discovered when you next visit.


Tees Archaeology Dayschool 2010

This years Dayschool will be held at a new venue on Saturday 13th November 2010 at Middlesbrough College, Middlehaven, Middlesbrough.

To coincide with the visit of the Tall Ships to Hartlepool, this years Dayschool will have a maritime theme.


If you would like to book or would like more information please email gary.green@hartlepool.gov.uk or telephone Tees Archaeology on 01429 523457

To download a booking form click here.

 


Excavations - 2010 Season

We have recently had confirmation of our annual excavation at Stewart Park in May and are now fully booked for volunteer opportunities. We are revisiting the Eastgate site which was the longest surviving part of East Marton village.

The Mesolithic Project has now been confirmed and we are now seeking volunteer assistance for this project.

Please go to our events page for a full list of volunteer opportunities and a list of all the events and activities that are taking place in 2010.

If you would like to volunteer on one of our public events you can now download an application form by clicking here!


'Vikings on Teesside' & 'Medieval Teesside'

These booklets cost £1.00 each which includes p&p. To use our printable order form just click the following link or email Ian Jones or telephone on 01429 523455 Monday to Friday.(mornings only)


Latest News.

 

A Romano-British settlement at Street House, North East Yorkshire NZ 7390 1965

An archaeological report on the excavation of a roman building at Street House, near Loftus, undertaken in 2008. This 40 page report concerns the excavation of a building within an enclosure at Street House that has been dated to the fourth century AD.

The report contains reports on the pottery, jet working, plant macro-fossils and quernstones with a comment on the metalwork and glass. A discussion on the nearby parallels places the site in its context.

There are 16 illustrations and 4 photographic images.

The site is to the south of a previously excavated Iron Age settlement and Anglo-Saxon cemetery.

Available for £3 (add £1 for p&p) from: Steve Sherlock – email stephen.sherlock @ntlworld.com for further details.


North East Yorkshire Mesolithic Project

 

The full report of the Mesolithic project at Farndale from 2009 and the interim report are now available to download.

Please click here to download the initial report

(.pdf file 464k)

Please click here to download the full 2009 report

(.pdf file 126k)

(2009 report figures are available on the North East Yorkshire Mesolithic Page)

 

For further information please visit our North East Yorkshire Mesolithic Project web page.


Tees Archaeology Blog

The Tees Archaeology Blog has been running for seven months and consists of a varied range of posts and small articles from staff, work placements and volunteers.

The aim of the Blog is to demonstrate exactly the events and work that is taking place in Tees Archaeology from week to week or just a piece of information that may of interest.

Please click on the following link to read our Blog.

http://teesarchaeology.blogspot.com/

The Blog will be updated on a regular basis.


If something urgent or particularly unusual occurs, then readers of this Blog will be the first to know.

If you have any information or articles that you would like to have added to our Blog, then please email ian.jones@hartlepool.gov.uk


 

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