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Why history is a load of old rubbish (How layers build up on an archaeological site)
What do Archaeologists Do?
Prehistoric
Roman
An amazing burial from the 5th century AD. Check it out!
Anglo-Saxon
Norman and Medieval
Tudor
Galleries
Questions and Answers: 'Digging up the past' at the Whitefriars, Canterbury, Kent
Experimental Archaeology: Building a pottery kiln

 

   
       
           
     

What do Archaeologists Do?

   
      Beginnings of British Archaeology. Archaeology in Canterbury and Kent today
Benefits and limitations of archaeological investigation
Excavation and finds analysis
Archaeological concepts: Evidence, dating, stratigraphy, survival and decay of materials
Archaeological organisations and reading
Record your artefacts
   
     
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Prehistoric

   
      A prehistoric site (plus some Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Medieval evidence) at Monkton in Thanet, Kent    
     
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Roman

   
      Where to see Roman remains in Kent
Roman Canterbury book to buy: See some sample pages
Roman Canterbury: What evidence have we found?
Before the Romans
Early years of Roman rule
Main features of the Roman town (buildings, cemeteries, streets, gates, walls)
Transition from Roman town to Anglo-Saxon settlement

The Sword Burials
   
     
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Anglo-Saxon

   
      A rich Anglo-Saxon cemetery found at Buckland, near Dover, Kent
Anglo-Saxon Canterbury: From Roman town to Anglo-Saxon settlement
End of Roman Britain
What happened at Canterbury
Canterbury in the 5th and 6th centuries

Anglo-Saxon Canterbury: Change and New Growth
Sources of evidence for the Anglo-Saxons
Augustine and the revival of Christianity
Origins of St Martin's Church (Roman/Anglo-Saxon)
Expansion of the Church in Canterbury
(St Augustine's Abbey, the Anglo-Saxon Cathedral)

Anglo-Saxon Canterbury: Everyday Life
Re-settlement in the old Roman town
Anglo-Saxon homes and workshops
Anglo-Saxon crafts and technology

Anglo-Saxon Canterbury: Fortunes and Misfortunes up to the Norman Conquest
Possibly the oldest church in England: St Martin's Church, Canterbury, Kent
The origins of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, Kent
   
     
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Norman and Medieval

   
      St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, Kent
Canterbury's two Norman Castles
A Murky Medieval Mystery. Dare you to have a look...
   
     
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Tudor Canterbury

   
      Reconstructing a Tudor City. Sweep mouse over the picture to identify the buildings
St Augustines's Abbey and King Henry Vlll (the Dissolution period)
   
     
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Galleries

   
  GO WITH THE MOLE!   Canterbury's Past: Coloured reconstructions through time
A bird's eye view: Aerial photographs of archaeological sites in Kent
Check this out! Discoveries at an Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Dover, Kent
More Anglo-Saxon finds in Kent
Give it up for Prehistory! Check out these discoveries
Castles in Kent: Canterbury Castle: Archaeological and historical sources, reconstructions
Roman discoveries in Kent (no shortage here…)
Maps and Plans, various
Reconstruction images, various types and times
Viking finds
An Amazing Burial – check it out!
Above ground Archaeology: Historic buildings in Kent
Why history is a load of rubbish (How layers build up on an archaeological site)
 
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