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Category Archives: Archeology

Doggerland in the Age of Anxiety

This is the story of a buried treasure trove of collective memory, a place called Doggerland, its resonance for us today in this age of anxiety and man made climate breakdown, and a metaphor for loss and perhaps hope.

Posted byJohn Bostock29th May 202529th May 2025Posted inArcheology, British History, Life on the EdgeTags:doggerland, happisburgh, mesolithic, neanderthals, palaeolithic, prehistory1 Comment on Doggerland in the Age of Anxiety

Our Melting Pot Island

The long view of migration in the British Isles and how it has enriched our nation

Posted byJohn Bostock24th Sep 202424th Sep 2024Posted inArcheology, British History, Life on the EdgeTags:British History, migration2 Comments on Our Melting Pot Island

Adventures of a Hasting’s Flâneur

My leisurely rambles around my home town and the stories that I have discovered along the way.

Posted byJohn Bostock21st May 202320th Jul 2023Posted inArcheology, Local History, Tales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Ancient Monuments, Archeology, Churchyards, Hastings, Punk Rock, St Leonards, Taxidermy9 Comments on Adventures of a Hasting’s Flâneur

Sacrifice in a Bog

The story of Tollund Man and the Bog bodies of Denmark

Posted byJohn Bostock13th Apr 20213rd May 2021Posted inArcheologyTags:Asger Jorn, Bog People, Ceramics, CoBrA, Iron age, Tollund Man1 Comment on Sacrifice in a Bog

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