2011

Daily news and discoveries from the 2011 field school

The Big Dig – Day 21: Our ancestors adorned themselves with glass beads and brooches

Today the site activities were being geared towards completing features by the end of this week. It can be felt around the site that the previously inexperienced students have now got into the rhythm of excavating and recording their features effectively. In area ‘B’ an impressive pit, which measured 2.5 metres in depth had a… Read more » about The Big Dig – Day 21: Our ancestors adorned themselves with glass beads and brooches

The Big Dig – Day 19: The last week of the dig – so it’s full steam ahead to complete excavating features

The sun baked down on the site today, and by the end of the day it was clear that even though people lashed on the sun screen there were still some rosy shoulders and faces. The day started with the weekly briefing by Miles Russell. He stated that as a result of the past three… Read more » about The Big Dig – Day 19: The last week of the dig – so it’s full steam ahead to complete excavating features

The Big Dig – Day 17: Fellow archaeologists were wallowing in pits now puddles

Could the Roman gods be displeased with us today as there was a heavy down pour that drenched the site and caused numerous pits to get waterlogged creating puddles? Second and third years were assigned to the northern edge of the site to define the back stretch of the ‘banjo’ ditch. The section of the… Read more » about The Big Dig – Day 17: Fellow archaeologists were wallowing in pits now puddles