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Children are doing archaeology – and becoming experts who enrich whole communities
A gaggle of excited children are instructing community archaeologist Colin Shepherd when to drop a china mug on the floor so that they can see how it breaks on impact.
They will use the results of this experiment to better understand an archaeological find: the broken pieces of an old marmalade jar, last used for breakfast around 100 years ago.
- Elizabeth Curtis
- The Conversation
The children had recently excavated the jar from woodland in…