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/151/ Welcome back to The Post Hole. I hope all our readers have had a good Easter. I am happy to present a packed and diverse Issue 22 to you over the coming pages. As the cover suggests, this issue is a Hungate Special. We will look back at this major http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/150/ On February 23rd and 24th staff, students, friends, and supporters of the Department of Archaeology at the University of York attended a range of events in London to celebrate the award of the Queens Anniversary Prize for the 2010-12 'Diamond Jubilee http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/157/ Dr. Jon Kenny is Community Archaeologist for York and the surrounding district, as well as being a staff member at York Archaeological Trust. Last interviewed by The Post Hole in Issue 4, he here answers questions set by Co-Editor Mark Simpson about http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/152/ Doctor Kate Giles is a Senior Lecturer in Buildings Archaeology at the University of York. As Undergraduate Admissions Tutor she is also the first point of contact for any student joining the archaeology department. Post Hole Co-Editor Mark Simpso http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/155/ Clare works as a Faunal Remains Specialist on the Hungate Project. Hungate is still turning up surprises. The other day, it was a pit full of bones of goose wing tips. Professor Terry O'Connor had only seen a comparable assemblage twice before, an http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/153/ We greet Antiquity as it enters its tenth and last year in York - Martin Carver brought it here in 2003 when he was appointed editor. Since then he has edited 1,000 articles and his valiant team of two - Jo Tozer, editorial manager, and Madeleine Hum http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/158/ Hannah Baxter has spent just over a year working as intern to Dr. Jon Kenny. She has recently become a full time member of staff at York Archaeological Trust. This e-mail interview, about her time working at Hungate, was conducted by Post Hole Co-Edi http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/154/ It was a clear, cold night in April 1912, when history was made. A powerful steam ship, cutting through the waters of the Atlantic at speed, met a towering iceberg, moving south at a much slower but no less deadly rate. The result was unthinkable; th http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/156/ Sarah is a Year 3 Archaeology student and a YAT volunteer. The Hungate excavation, run by York Archaeological Trust (YAT), was the first dig that I had been on prior to starting a Historical Archaeology undergraduate degree at the University of Yo http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/159/ A guide to fieldwork, or as you will come to know it; digging for stuff! 1) Three weeks of being outside and not having lectures or seminars - make the most of it! 2) This may seem a little daunting at first but suggest to your group a pub outi http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/140/ Welcome to Issue 21 of The Post Hole, the second issue of Spring Term. We have some very interesting articles for you this time, including a review of a recent biological anthropology conference at Teeside University, Darlington campus, by two York Y http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/141/ On Monday 30th January, we and a group of York bioarchaeologists travelled up to Darlington to the North East Biological Anthropology Research Network conference at Teesside University. It became apparent at the train station that, despite the number http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/142/ For those unfamiliar with the area, Skipwith Common is an area in North Yorkshire comprising 274 hectares of mixed woodland, lowland heath and some wetland regions. The Common is designated as a National Nature Reserve as it represents one of the bes http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/143/ Still struggling to decide which module options to apply for, or simply interested to find out what people are doing on other courses? This is something that many first and second year students experience every spring term. Below is a review of all o http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/144/ Life-wide learning is the way in which we learn and develop ourselves through different spaces and places that we inhabit every day of our lives (Jackson, 2011), and it is this life-wide journey that I have had the pleasure of experiencing over the l http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/147/ This is a summary of the medieval manor of Gawthorpe and the University of York's current archaeological investigations into its history and context within the wider and better understood house and landscape of Harewood near Leeds, West Yorkshire. A http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/145/ Carrying on from last issue, we have more Masters course advice for you, from current students at York... A Master’s in Science: A Degree Worth Doing by Christina Cartaciano As a former team member of the Post Hole, the editors asked me to wr http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/146/ A guide to one of the most important aspects of archaeological field work: 1) Turn up! 2) Turn up to the second day as well. 3) At first it seems really exciting traipsing around a field looking for surface finds, but after lunch it will wea http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/133/ Welcome to Issue 20 of The Post Hole, and thank you for reading! We have created what we hope is a very enjoyable and interesting journal for the start of the Spring Term. We have an interview with King's Manor researcher Matthew Williams and PhD s http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/134/ Matt Williams is a PhD student and Research Associate at the University of York Archaeology Department and part of the DISPERSE Project (see link at end of interview), under the leadership of Professor Geoff Bailey. Post Hole Secretary Khadija McB http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/138/ Our excavation at Boltby Scar began on May 3rd 2011. This was the first archaeological excavation I had ever visited, let alone been a part of, and from day one I was hooked. Boltby Scar has a complex history, which is one reason for its appeal. We m http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/135/ Ben Elliott is a PhD student with a particular interest in Star Carr, antler working and the Mesolithic period in particular. He will be familiar to many from Theory seminars in Year 1. Post Hole Secretary Khadija McBain conducted this interesting http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/136/ During the summer field schools of the University of York Archaeology department, between 2007 and 2010, Year 1 students were taught how to conduct a graveyard survey. This often involved the participation of PhD and Year 2 students as supervisors an http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/137/ In Issue 19, four current Year 3 students gave a brief outline of their dissertation topics in the hope of helping those in other years still trying to decide what to do. Here two current Masters students on the Historical Archaeology path give simil http://www.theposthole.org/read/article/139/ The first in a series of etiquette guides for students of all years, on a number of University and Archaeological subjects. Right, so a little guide on the etiquette of lectures and seminars in no particular order. 1) So it is a very interestin