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Digging up dirt on city’s past

ArcTas archaeologists were featured in a Mercury article in June 2010 as we worked on the Menzies Centre site. Read the full article

Found objects

Fire insurance plaque dated 1831, Menzies Centre dig

We are a Tasmanian owned and operated independent private business in the Archaeological industry. Arctas was formed by the senior Archaeological consultant Parry Kostoglou over ten years ago and has since grown into a dynamic locally based team of ten full-time staff including archaeologists, artefact analysts, historians, designers and excavation personnel.

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Collectively our team seeks to bring a professional but friendly focus to all jobs regardless of size or duration. With this broad skill base we are able to provide a wide range of services ranging from minor desktop assessments to large scale excavation projects, right across Tasmania.