Coffee Break Archaeology

Bite, or sip, sized Archaeology Blogs for you to enjoy in your coffee break.

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Henge Monument Case Study: Maumbury Rings

Henge Monument Case Study: Maumbury Rings

Maumbury Ring, photo by Ethan Doyle White. Shared under sharealike creative commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Maumbury is a late Neolithic Henge in the south of Dorchester, Dorset, England. Although it started out a a henge it was later remodeled as a Roman Amphitheatre, and remodeled again during the English Civil War as a artillery fort/filedworks. It is a…

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Console Case File: Magnavox Odyssey

Console Case File: Magnavox Odyssey

Here is the first in the series of articles looking at the history of video game consoles, in our first article we look at the Magnavox Odysey.

Magnavox Odyssey and controller, public domain image.

The Magnavox Odyssey was the world’s first consumer device that allowed people to play interactive games on their own television, or in essence the first video game console. The hardware for the…

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Neolithic Megalithic Monument Case Study: Tinkinswood Burial Chamber/Dolmen

Neolithic Megalithic Monument Case Study: Tinkinswood Burial Chamber/Dolmen

Tinkinswood Burial Chamber (Castell Carreg, Llech-y-Filiast and Maes-y-Filiast)

Tinkinswood Burial Chamber photo by FruitMonkey and shared under share alike creative commons licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Tinkinswood Burial Chamber, also known as Castell Carreg, Llech-y-Filiast and Maes-y-Filiast, is a neolithic burial chamber/dolmen in the Vale of Glamorgan in…

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Causewayed Enclosure Case Study: Knap Hill

Causewayed Enclosure Case Study: Knap Hill

Knap Hill Camp Photo of Kanp Hill by Ian Freeman, share under share alike license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Knap Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure that lies within the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, UK, and was constructed somewhere between 3530 – 3375 BC. The site is notable for being one of the first causewayed enclosures to be excavated and identified, with…

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Archaeogaming Let's Play Heaven's Vault

Archaeogaming Let’s Play Heaven’s Vault

Hello! Welcome to Episode 1 of my new Archaeogaming Let’s Play series on Heaven’s Vault. A series where I will play and analyse the game through the yes of an archaeologist.

What is Archaeogaming? In brief, it is the archaeology in and of video-games. Looking at video-games as archaeological sites, landscapes and artifacts. You can find out more here:

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#WhereAmI Podcast Episode 1

I have decided to change the format for #Whereami challenges I haveen doing.

I have decided to do it as a mini podcast series! New episode each day on my YouTube channel. Follow the link below and subscribe and click on the notification bell to get updated when new videos are updated

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Virtual Where Am I?

Just because we are stuck inside does not mean we cannot explore the world and visit some great sites. Join on Instagram where I will be visiting a new site each day, but can you guess where I am?

Here is day 1:

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Work In Progress - Minecraft Project

Work In Progress – Minecraft Project

So you may have seen my first attempt at Minecraft Porject, my MinecraftHenge. If not, then check out the links below:

I have started a new one but keeping a secret ;). I have a few clues though if you want to guess what it is :D.

So any guesses,…

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MinecraftHenge - Saturday Minecraft Project

MinecraftHenge – Saturday Minecraft Project

So I spent my day building this in Minecraft

Now this was built as part of Kyliroo Gaming’s, my brother, weekly Minecraft stream, mainly as a place to put his Nether Portal. But when he asked me to be part of the weekly stream, I said I had some archaeology themed projects I would like to try out and this is really the first of those.

This was very much playing with a concept and what can…

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A-Z OF ARCHAEOLOGY

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When you've gotta poo

When you’ve gotta poo

https://blog.doc.govt.nz/2020/03/06/when-youve-gotta-poo/

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Conservators Bore Gun from Civil War Ironclad Ship

http://www.archaeology.org/news/8489-200227-civil-war-guns

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New website

He, I have decided to move my website over to Squarespace. I will keep this one up, but will no longer be updating it.

You can find the new site here coffeebreakarchaeology.squarespace.com

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A Review of Archaeology in Fiction by Dr. Scott C. Viguie (Audiobook - Audible - narrated by Austin Downey)

A Review of Archaeology in Fiction by Dr. Scott C. Viguie (Audiobook – Audible – narrated by Austin Downey)

So this is a first for the blog, reviewing an audiobook. First let me say that this review is not sponsored in anyway by the author, publisher or Audible. Now down to business.

Now I am one of those that much prefer to have a physical copy of a book, I like the aesthetics, smell and touch (I am not weird and it is not a fetish, honest…) of real books. But with so much reading to do it is hard…

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Notre Dame on fire — What’s up, Archaeology? So Notre Dame cathedral in Paris caught on fire about lunchtime today my time (just before dinnertime, in Paris).

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Watch “Update, Reviews and Hengeworld” on YouTube latest video looking at books I am currently reading/re-reading and going to be reviewing, and retro review of Hengeworld by Mike Pitts. The video also considers how long archaeology books (or any academic/scientific subjects) are useful for as s source, what is their shelf life...

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Archaeogaming Let's Plays - C14 The Archaeology Dating Simulator Episode 2

Archaeogaming Let’s Plays – C14 The Archaeology Dating Simulator Episode 2

Join us for Episode of C14 – The Archaeology Dating Simulator,. This is a follow on from Episode 1.5 where we actually get to dig!

Join the adventures of Melissa Flores, a third year anthropology student on her first archaeological dig in Belgium, over 5000 miles from her home in California.

Not knowing anyone other…

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