page_title: York Archaeological Trust
hierarchical_section_title: York Archaeological Trust
caption_attribution_description: English: A modern representation of Viking coin making at the Jórvík Viking Centre in York, England. Taken 11 February 2004.
context_page_description: The York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited is an educational charity, established in 1972 in the city of York, England. It carries out archaeological investigations, fieldwork, excavation and research in York, Yorkshire and throughout Britain and beyond.
  Its staff include specialists in archaeological excavation, historic building analysis and recording, artefact curation, conservation and research, archaeological computing, and illustration and design.
  It created and runs the Jorvik Viking Centre in Coppergate Walk, York, which is noted for its living history approach. The centre is on the site of the Trust's 'Viking Dig' which contributed to archaeologists' knowledge of town life in Viking Age England. Other sites in York run by the Jorvik Group are:
  Barley Hall, an excavated and reconstructed medieval house in Coffee Yard, off Stonegate
  DIG: an archaeological adventure in St Saviour's Church, St Saviourgate
  Richard III Experience at Monk Bar
  Henry VII Experience at Micklegate Bar
  The trust publishes printed and web-based reports, popular books and information resources.
context_section_description: The York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited is an educational charity, established in 1972 in the city of York, England. It carries out archaeological investigations, fieldwork, excavation and research in York, Yorkshire and throughout Britain and beyond. 
  Its staff include specialists in archaeological excavation, historic building analysis and recording, artefact curation, conservation and research, archaeological computing, and illustration and design.
  It created and runs the Jorvik Viking Centre in Coppergate Walk, York, which is noted for its living history approach.  The centre is on the site of the Trust's 'Viking Dig' which contributed to archaeologists' knowledge of town life in Viking Age England. Other sites in York run by the Jorvik Group are:
  Barley Hall, an excavated and reconstructed medieval house in Coffee Yard, off Stonegate
  DIG: an archaeological adventure in St Saviour's Church, St Saviourgate
  Richard III Experience at Monk Bar
  Henry VII Experience at Micklegate Bar
  The trust publishes printed and web-based reports, popular books and information resources. It offers opportunities to take part in archaeological investigation through its annual training excavation 'Archaeology Live', and hosts the Community Archaeologist for York.
caption: Modern-day Viking coin making at the Jorvik Viking Centre
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