http://www.theposthole.org/ The Post Hole is a student run newsletter for all those interested in archaeology. It aims to promote discussion and the flow of ideas in the department of Archaeology for the University of York and the wider archaeological community. km531@york.ac.uk (Katie Marsden) webmaster@theposthole.org http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/82/ In light of this issue being focused on archaeology and the media, we here at The Post Hole thought we'd ask some celebrities for their thoughts on archaeology. Obviously we had a good starting point in that we already knew Eddie Izzard's opinions http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/79/ As archaeology students, we are perhaps more in-tune with archaeology in the media, with frequent access to archaeological journals, our own reading for coursework (for the model student at least), and our personal interest in the subject sparking http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/80/ The Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past held a conference entitled "Packaging the Past for the Media: Communicating across Museums, Television, Radio and the Internet in a Multi-Platform Era" at the University of York on Wednesday, 1 http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/83/ As a Curator of Egyptology for a museum in the North East of England, I have done my fair share of local media interviews to promote our collections. Personally, I have always found these experiences to be fun, even if many of the interviewers do http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/77/ Thanks Erin for giving me the opportunity to put forward my personal thoughts on the questions you have raised. Figure 1 - York and District Members at their Annual Rally (Photo Credit:Phil Dunning) Erin Lewis - How long have you been a me http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/78/ For me, the word calls to mind rare evenings when my mum let us eat dinner in front of the television. The series was one of many things which led me to have a fascination with the Classics and ancient history. For those of you who were unlucky e http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/81/ Despite being a work of fiction, the novel of the Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel seems to have become something of an archaeological institution. But how many of us have actually read it, or been tempted to watch its lesser-known film adapta http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/84/ Christina Cartaciano - How did you become involved with Archaeology? Samir S. Patel - I trained as a science and environmental journalist and had never written about archaeology before I joined the staff here. I learned of the position throug http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/74/ Richmond Castle Introduction Richmond castle has had a long and varied history, beginning with the Norman invasion in 1066. Located on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, the castle stands as the centrepeice of the market town that has gro http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/76/ Is it time to throw out your old textbooks as researchers retrieve 40,000 year old DNA? Seven years ago, Homo floresiensis caused a stir with its discovery on the island of Flores, Indonesia. If the hobbit caused a stir, the recovery of a single http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/73/ The Site The last buildings to occupy the Hungate site were warehouses with light industry and before that 19th century housing, demolished as part of the slum clearances of the 1930's (YAT n.d.). For those who have not visited the site on one http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/75/ Most jobs within archaeology are field-based or related in some way to commercial archaeology. A job in field archaeology is one where every day you are in contact with the past, maybe unearthing objects that haven't seen the light of day for hun http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/58/ The French taphonomy-based discipline of 'anthropologie de terrain' is not an approach I expect many of you to be familiar with. It is a lamentable fact that the research carried out on mainland Europe is often unimplemented in British archaeolo http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/69/ Hidden Cities is a new photography feature intended to take Post Hole readers through parts of famous cities that tourists, and perhaps even the residents, never get a chance to see. It is our earnest hope that this will expand the type of submis http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/70/ This is the second part of the On Our Doorstep feature considering examples of how the people of York interact with their heritage. For the first part, on Raindale Mill, please see Issue 9. York Georgian Society Figure 1- Reproduced by kin http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/68/ An interview with Professor Martin Carver, conducted by Mark Simpson- 17/02/10 If you ask an archaeologist, or even an archaeology student, to name a legend of the profession, you may well get a number of different answers. Gordon Childe, Gr