Blog Archives - Digital Digging https://www.digitaldigging.net/blog/ 99 Problems but a ditch ain't one. Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:23:17 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/www.digitaldigging.net/wp-content/uploads/logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Blog Archives - Digital Digging https://www.digitaldigging.net/blog/ 32 32 136810549 Reaching New Readers. https://www.digitaldigging.net/francis-pryor-reaching-new-readers/ https://www.digitaldigging.net/francis-pryor-reaching-new-readers/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:35:47 +0000 http://www.digitaldigging.net/?p=5878 We’re delighted to introduce Francis Pryor as our guest blogger – Francis is well known as a television broadcaster, but...

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]]> https://www.digitaldigging.net/francis-pryor-reaching-new-readers/feed/ 1 5878 Captain John Conn of the Dreadnought. https://www.digitaldigging.net/captain-john-conn-dreadnought/ https://www.digitaldigging.net/captain-john-conn-dreadnought/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:17:28 +0000 http://www.digitaldigging.net/?p=5774 This is really just a very quick post on the subject of my great, great, great grandfather, Captain John Conn...

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]]> https://www.digitaldigging.net/captain-john-conn-dreadnought/feed/ 5 5774 Digital Worlds and Education – Let the Children Play. https://www.digitaldigging.net/digital-worlds-and-education-let-the-children-play/ https://www.digitaldigging.net/digital-worlds-and-education-let-the-children-play/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:12:17 +0000 http://www.digitaldigging.net/?p=556 I’d pulled together a small focus group of educators (one historian, one business studies, one IT) and wanted them to...

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]]> https://www.digitaldigging.net/digital-worlds-and-education-let-the-children-play/feed/ 1 556 Lies, damned lies, and archaeology blog statistics. https://www.digitaldigging.net/lies-damned-lies-statistics/ https://www.digitaldigging.net/lies-damned-lies-statistics/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2014 08:21:41 +0000 http://www.digitaldigging.net/?p=5370 Blogging Archaeology: February. For this month’s Blogging Archaeology we’ve been allowed a long lead. It appears that Doug’s fund of...

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]]> https://www.digitaldigging.net/lies-damned-lies-statistics/feed/ 3 5370 WWI Trenches – a new source of information for hillforts? https://www.digitaldigging.net/old-oswestry-hillfort-wwi-trenches-a-new-source-of-information/ https://www.digitaldigging.net/old-oswestry-hillfort-wwi-trenches-a-new-source-of-information/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:15:53 +0000 http://www.digitaldigging.net/?p=5342 During the course of a Twitter conversation with Dr Rachel Pope the other night, an unusual facet of hillfort excavation...

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]]> https://www.digitaldigging.net/old-oswestry-hillfort-wwi-trenches-a-new-source-of-information/feed/ 4 5342 The Gorgon from the Roman baths at Bath. A Possible Case of Mistaken Identity. https://www.digitaldigging.net/roman-bath-gorgon-oceanus/ https://www.digitaldigging.net/roman-bath-gorgon-oceanus/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:55:19 +0000 http://www.digitaldigging.net/?p=5206 Is the Gorgon head at the Roman Baths at Bath actually Oceanus? Whilst idly flicking through a book on Greek...

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]]> https://www.digitaldigging.net/roman-bath-gorgon-oceanus/feed/ 19 5206 Blogging Archaeology January – Most Popular Post (sort of). https://www.digitaldigging.net/blogging-archaeology-january-best-post/ https://www.digitaldigging.net/blogging-archaeology-january-best-post/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2014 05:08:03 +0000 http://www.digitaldigging.net/?p=4812 Blogging Archaeology is an archaeological blogging carnival organised by the ruggedly named archaeologist, Doug Rocks-Macqueen. Each month a new subject...

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]]> https://www.digitaldigging.net/blogging-archaeology-january-best-post/feed/ 1 4812 Billy and Dec’s Bronze Age Youtube Transcription Adventure. https://www.digitaldigging.net/youtube-transcription-versus-human-eye-billy-decs-bronze-age-beer/ https://www.digitaldigging.net/youtube-transcription-versus-human-eye-billy-decs-bronze-age-beer/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2014 14:06:52 +0000 http://www.digitaldigging.net/?p=4799 While I was watching one of my all time favourite experimental archaeology videos the other day, I noticed that Youtube...

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]]> https://www.digitaldigging.net/youtube-transcription-versus-human-eye-billy-decs-bronze-age-beer/feed/ 0 4799 Species commonly found in comment sections – a spotter’s guide. https://www.digitaldigging.net/species-found-in-comment-sections-spotters-guide/ https://www.digitaldigging.net/species-found-in-comment-sections-spotters-guide/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2013 12:35:33 +0000 http://www.digitaldigging.net/?p=4584 This is a brief guide to recognising the denizens who inhabit the comment sections of the web. It is a...

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]]> https://www.digitaldigging.net/species-found-in-comment-sections-spotters-guide/feed/ 0 4584 Blogging Archaeology: December – The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly . . . https://www.digitaldigging.net/blogging-archaeology-december/ https://www.digitaldigging.net/blogging-archaeology-december/#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:01:46 +0000 http://www.digitaldigging.net/blog/?p=3875 *//Update – click here for Leanne’s apologia\\* It’s December already, so time to respond to the second challenge of Doug...

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