Archaeologists enter removal business

Staff and students from Archaeology recently came to the aid of a Halifax resident who could not bear the thought of leaving her cat, Mungo, buried in the garden when she moved house.

Rob Janaway, Lecturer in Archaeological Sciences, with the help of PhD student Andrew Holland and undergraduate Johanna Scott, were able to assist her with their expertise of recovery in forensic investigations.

While helping to recover Mungo and transfer him to his new location, the students benefited from a valuable opportunity to practise skills they had learned in the classroom.

Rob said: "Although at first sight this request for assistance might seem a little strange - in Forensic Archaeology we are called in to recover all sorts of buried bodies and objects for the police - this seemed not only a good training exercise, but an opportunity to apply our expertise for the direct benefit of a member of the public. Any doubts that we might have had were clearly dispelled by the heartfelt reaction of Mungo's owners to the successful completion of the task."

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