archaeology

They included monitoring for archaeology related to the battle, and also the remains of a Bronze Age settlement or burial site.

Howard Williams, professor of archaeology at the University of Chester, also writes the Archaeodeath blog, examining attitudes to excavated human remains.

In the archaeology labs at Durham University there's a real buzz about the unveiling of the Melsonby Hoard.

Local archaeology enthusiast George Bird had suggested "for some time" the stone might be part of a larger monument, and his interest prompted the investigation.

Their jobs were in archaeology, preservation, research and emergency medical response.