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Department of Archaeology

 
Read more at: Enhancing Fenland Farming: Applying Insights from Archaeology

Enhancing Fenland Farming: Applying Insights from Archaeology

The project will research how archaeological and palaeoecological narratives of past land management and climate change adaptation can shape sustainable farming, regenerative agriculture, and rewilding strategies in the Cambridgeshire Fenlands. The nationally important agricultural area is extremely vulnerable to climate change, and the mentioned strategies are considered key mitigation options.


Read more at: No dollar too dark: free trade, piracy, privateering and illegal slave trading in the northeast Caribbean, early 19th century

No dollar too dark: free trade, piracy, privateering and illegal slave trading in the northeast Caribbean, early 19th century

This project integrates maritime archaeology, history, geophysical survey and anthropology to investigate illicit trade between the Caribbean islands St. Eustatius, Saba, St. Thomas, St. Bartholomew and St. Maarten from 1816 to c.1840 with the aim of understanding:

-The entanglements between international, regional and local factors that drove these islands to engage in illicit trade.

-How these islands functioned together as a network for illicit trade, smuggling and laundering, the processes involved, and how long it occurred.