Archaeology and the Battle of Dunbar 1650: From the Scottish Battlefield to the New World
Updated on
Course overview
- Provider
- Futurelearn
- Course type
- Free trial availiable
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 6 hours
- Course author
- Andrew Millard
Description
Discover how science, history and archaeology unlocked the stories of the soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar 1650.
Discover what happened to the Scottish soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650
In November 2013 archaeologists observing building work near Durham Cathedral in England made an unexpected discovery: skeletons in two mass graves. Over the next two years, researchers worked to establish the identity of the human remains. Today we know them to be Scottish prisoners who died after the Battle of Dunbar on the coast of Scotland in 1650.
On this course you will learn how the latest archaeological science techniques revealed how and why these men disappeared from history. You will join researchers seeking to solve a 350 year old mystery, and explore the resulting controversies.
