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Mr. Martin O' Hare an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, takes a photo of a newly discovered Anglo-Saxon burial site at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site located at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

Amy Jones an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, carefully digs for poetry and flints at the newly discovered Anglo-Saxon burial site at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site located at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

Mr. John Blow an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, uses a metal detector to help locate possible new Anglo-Saxon burial sites at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

Mr. Tony Fisher an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, carefully digs for poetry and flints at the newly discovered Anglo-Saxon burial site at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site located at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

Mr. Alexis Willett an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department checks the measurement of a child's grave found at the newly discovered Anglo-Saxon burial site at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site located at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Mr. James Crowden and Mr. Glyn Davies, charge D' Affaires of the United States Embassy in London wait while General Gregory S. Martin the commander, US Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany and other presenters place their wreaths on the Wall of the Missing during the Madingley Memorial Day Commemorative Service. The wreaths are placed on the wall to honor the men and women buried at Cambridge American Military Cemetery, and whose names are engraved on the Wall of the Missing. The ceremony was held at Cambridge American Military Cemetery, Coton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Members of the United States Air Force (USAF) (left) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) bow their heads in prayer during the Madingley Memorial Ceremony at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery in the United Kingdom. The cemetery is one of 13 American World War II (WWII) military cemetery memorials erected on foreign soil where 3,812 Americans are buried. The cemetery first established on December 7, 1943, and completed in 1956

Andrew Tester (left), Suffolk County Council archaeologist, explains the value of the archaeological treasure found on Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, UK, to US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Richard T. Devereaux (second from left), Commander, 100th Air Refueling Wing (ARW). When a new softball field was planned, Mr. Tester and his colleagues were called in to survey an area first and they discovered the artifacts. This body was not only the only find that the archaeologists found, there were several other remains, pottery, and coins. The dates for most of the finds are believed to be from the early Roman age, 43 - 410 C.E. (Common Era)), but some items could fall into the Neolithic...

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 48th Fighter Wing (FW) Honor Guard, RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK) render a 21-gun salute during the Madingley Memorial Ceremony at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery in the United Kingdom. The cemetery is one of 13 American World War II (WWII) military cemetery memorials erected on foreign soil where 3,812 Americans are buried. The cemetery first established on December 7, 1943, and completed in 1956

Close up of a lady's grave, one of 50 new Anglo-Saxon graves discovered at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. A team of archaeologists from the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department is excavating the site of the old hospital annex on base. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Raf Lakenheath

State: East Anglia

Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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New Orleans, La., Jan. 31, 2013 -- Archaeologists under contract to the Federal Emergency Management Agency survey land near Bayou St. John in New Orleans. The team discovered artifacts related to pre-historic and historic occupations along the bayou. This information was uncovered during a recent archaeological study funded under the HMGP program. Photo by Lillie Long/FEMA

Members of an archaeology team with Colorado State

Archaeologists work in an area of the Fort McCoy (Wis.)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-675-2010-05-14_LafourcheLA_027.jpg]

Suffolk County, England. "Excalibur" nose art on a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, serial number 62-3528, assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall. The artist is STAFF Sergeant Charles Hatton, assigned to the 100th Aircraft Generation Squadron

U.S. Army Capt. Lawrence Csaszar swings a pick ax during

A US Air Force (USAF) 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role fighter aircraft, from RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England (ENG), banks away from the deployed refueling boom of an Alabama Air National Guard (ALANG) 106th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 117th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW), KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft (not shown) on a training flight over the North Sea, while the 106th ARS is on a two-week deployment training mission with the 48th FW

Excavation for Abutment Foundation at Lock Number Seven on the Kentucky River

Eric Gingerich, foreground, and Kelly McGuire, both

Mr. Tony Fisher an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, carefully digs for poetry and flints at the newly discovered Anglo-Saxon burial site at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site located at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Joyce, a recovery

A member of the archaeology team with Colorado State

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lady anglo saxon anglo saxon graves royal air force raf lakenheath team archaeologists suffolk council archaeology department suffolk county council archaeology department site annex excavation forms excavation site forms part cemetery anglo saxon cemetery work period centuries burials air force us air force suffolk england england technical sergeant high resolution raf lakenheath graves parts east anglia great britain tsgt paul air force base anglo saxons us national archives