YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST FOR EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH LIMITED 

Archaeology on Prescription

Environmental improvements at JORVIK Viking Centre; DIG, an Archaeological Adventure; and Barley Hall Medieval Townhouse

Using York Archaeological Trust's extensive public engagement experience we want the people living and working in York to enjoy the benefits of our archaeological work and the stories we uncover., ....more

Using York Archaeological Trust's extensive public engagement experience we want the people living and working in York to enjoy the benefits of our archaeological work and the stories we uncover., therefore we have designed an innovative programme with partners across the city of Archaeology on Prescription, to engage with individuals who want to find another way of trying to improve their health and wellbeing. We want to create a 6-month pilot excavation project (ahead of an annual roiling programme) to enable us to develop, trial and evaluate our ideas, working, in the first instance, in partnership with non-statutory organisations. Grant funding will pay towards the team to deliver the project on the ground, including a trained support worker, over the duration of the pilot project. Specifically, we want to create a new way of using the practice of archaeology for people whose mental wellbeing could benefit from taking part in outdoor activity, being part of a team, learning something new and finding a positive connection with the place where they live.

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Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=58517

The main aim of this project is to prepare updated versions of the Palaeolithic and Later Bronze Age and Iron Age chapters of The Archaeology of the East Midlands, published in 2006. This will take ....more

The main aim of this project is to prepare updated versions of the Palaeolithic and Later Bronze Age and Iron Age chapters of The Archaeology of the East Midlands, published in 2006. This will take into account significant changes in the evidence base for both periods and stakeholder feedback that the Palaeolithic dating framework should be updated to bring the East Midlands into line with other regions. The opportunity will also be taken to ensure that the regional review includes full consideration of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental data from North and North-East Lincolnshire: areas that were not considered in detail in the 2006 publication.

During the summer of 2018 groundworks at the Tetney Golf Course uncovered the remains of a prehistoric burial including a fragmented timber coffin and a stone axe complete with its wooden haft ....more

During the summer of 2018 groundworks at the Tetney Golf Course uncovered the remains of a prehistoric burial including a fragmented timber coffin and a stone axe complete with its wooden haft attached. The burial was excavated by a team from Sheffield University, led by Dr. Hugh Willmott, and following assessment the coffin and the axe will now be conserved at the York Archaeological Trust.

In order to complete work on this project in the current climate Historic England wish to commission an organisation to undertake project management tasks to see the project through to completion.

To support Arts and Culture throughout England

We Dig Wollaton Geophysical Survey Training

Wings to War: Glasgow and the Birth of the Royal Air Force

War & Peas: Feeding the people in times of conflict

Restoration and redevelopment of the Jorvik Viking Centre

Digging In: World War I trench reconstructions for education and experiment

A & E heritage rescue: researching the long-lost past of Attenborough and the Erewash