Birmingham Archaeology (original) (raw)

Birmingham Archaeology (formerly Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit (BUFAU)) was the commercial arm of the at the University of Birmingham. Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit was founded in 1976 under its founder-director Martin Carver. Birmingham Archaeology closed down in 2012. In 2009, Birmingham Archaeology was co-responsible for the archaeological recovery of the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found. In 2010 they excavated at Knowles Mill, a former corn mill in the Wyre Forest.