Blog entries in 2022
We encourage everyone involved in the CITiZAN project to contribute to our blog. Whether you're on site monitoring, in a library researching, or conducting oral history projects, we want to hear from you! To submit an article please email your regional CITiZAN Community Archaeologist with your text and up to five images.
- Throwback Thursday! Alex Wilson writes about his experience volunteering with the East Kent Coast Discovery Programme at Sandwich Bay earlier this year, in between globetrotting work as a chef
- The recent discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s doomed vessel 'Endurance' has brought much attention regarding the loss of the ship in November 1915 after being engulfed by ice. Rediscovered in a near perfect state of preservation, this brings a sense of closure to this century old disaster. But what of the crew who abandoned her, and their connection to the port city of Hull?
- Introducing our Coastal Guide to Archaeology, your accessible guide to using our app and more as we move beyond the project.
- To coincide with the final CITiZAN conference in Liverpool we're launching our teams' pledge towards a sustainable future as we move beyond the project.
- Merseyside was one of the most heavily bombed areas of the country during the Second World War, with thousands of buildings damaged and destroyed. Most of this destruction was cleared away, damaged buildings reapaired and destroyed buildings replaced. But, if you look carefully at some structures around the city you can still see evidence of the aerial warfare waged against Liverpool.
Stakeholders! Archaeological volunteering at Sandwich Bay
02/06/2022 | Alex Wilson
Hull's 'Endurance' Connection
31/03/2022 | Hannah Thompson
CITiZAN's Guide to Coastal Archaeology
10/03/2022 | Danielle Newman
CITiZAN's Climate Change Pledge
05/03/2022 | Oliver Hutchinson
The scars of war
19/02/2022 | Andy Sherman
