Exploring axe heads from Prehistoric Britain Despite being thousands of years old, Stone Age tools can often be found in museum collections around the country. Axes would have been an especially vital to the agricultural revolution during the Neolithic or New Stone...
Click on the photo to enlarge this Roman pot from Aldborough Roman Site. Making sense of Roman ‘Smith Pots’ We can find out lots about life in the past by examining objects like these – even if they’re not complete. Archaeologists often uncover fragments...
Explore Prehistoric ‘worked’ flint It is relatively common to find prehistoric ‘worked’ flint in areas where early humans lived. Finding examples, however, is still exciting. Such pieces bring us into direct contact with prehistoric people,...
Stone Plaque for a Goldsmith’s ShopMalton Museum, North Yorkshire It’s rare to find evidence of gold-working in Roman Britain, but this stone plaque records a goldsmith’s workshop in the area. It was found in 1814 whilst foundations were being dug for New Malton...
Patera or Mess TinMalton Museum, North Yorkshire This object is made from a copper alloy and came from Italy. It was found very close to the known site of the Roman fort at Malton, North Yorkshire. This fort was present from at least the time of the governorship of...
