Zooarchaeology

1000 Fingerprints 1000 Voices

The Scottish Crannog Centre has built a new museum, using locally sourced materials, local skills, and developing and sustaining local resources. In under 3 years we open our doors to the public with a new museum, built by a community, designed by and for the communities we serve – local schools, local charities and organisations, apprentices, refugee groups, mental health groups, our partners, and by MGS, HES and others.

Discover what it was like on the day with our behind-the-scenes reels.

Amy

YAC Website Development Placement

Hello everyone, my name is Amy, and I am 21. I have just started my placement with the CBA as the other YAC Website Development Placement alongside Esmé.

I have been studying Bioarchaeology at the University of York for 4 years now, first at undergrad level, and now as a masters. I love York, it’s a wonderful city full of amazing archaeology and history.

It was at York that I was diagnosed with a learning disability called Irlens’ Syndrome. This essentially means that I really struggle to read black text on a white background as it becomes all distorted. This makes it quite difficult to access quite a lot of what is on the internet! I do have visual learning aids to help me now, but I am acutely aware of the difficulties that neurodivergent people can have accessing the internet. This makes the placement at the CBA really valuable as I am able to have a direct impact on helping the YAC be as accessible to all people interested in archaeology as possible. I’ve loved getting to meet everyone here so far and they’ve all been really friendly, welcoming, and accommodating. Archaeology is one of my great passions and so I would really love to be able to help get more young people interested in it. The YAC is often where young people first interact with archaeology, and in the modern world, their website is probably where a lot of people are having their first taste of archaeology.

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John Beche was a member of the Colchester Beche family, who were renowned pewter smiths in the town. He studied at Oxford and graduated in 1515. He eventually became abbot of St John's Abbey in 1530. In 1534 he took a seat in the House of Lords. The same year the reformation began with the Act of Supremacy. He agreed to the act, as he considered Henry Vlll to be head of the church in all temporal matters. In 1538 Beche denied Henry's right to seize his abbey. Beche was arrested tried and executed in front of his own abbey in 1538.

Adam

Colchester YAC Member