If you were lucky enough to purchase one of the original Shag an Archaeologist Day T-Shirts, then hold onto it tight. Selling faster than a beach volley ball Olympic final ticket, the original Union Jack ‘care for a shag’ T-Shirts have now sold out – thanks in no small part to a bulk order of several thousand placed by those saucy devils at the CBA. Good effort guys! Read more

The Great Beer Experiment produced a passable ale, but the proof of the pudding is not just in the drinking. The strength of an experimental hypothesis is underpinned by what we find in the dirt; if there is a general lack of animal bone to support O’Kelly’s cooking explanation, the archaeobotanical evidence to support the brewing interpretation is equally sparse. Read more

The Bronze Age burnt mounds of Ireland are enigmatic; many theories have been proposed for their purpose, from cooking sites to prehistoric saunas. But were these monuments actually microbreweries for Bronze Age beer? In part two of our three part series, we get down to business with archaeologists who like to experiment… Read more

The Bronze Age burnt mounds of Ireland are enigmatic; many theories have been proposed for their purpose, from cooking sites to prehistoric saunas. But were these monuments actually microbreweries for Bronze Age beer? In the first of a 3 part series, Diggingthedirt samples the evidence. Read more