Monday 24th June 2013

Day 19-The Beginning of the End

Today marks the first day of the last week for this season of the dig. It is extremely important to get as many features finished as possible as this is the last year on the area! In light of this, BSc Archaeology student Afifa Khan as now been authorised to lift a proportion of the Roman tiled feature in order to see if there is any datable evidence underneath and to see the construction of the structure. In order to see how the feature was constructed, the flint walls and mortar are also being removed.

BSc Archaeology student Afifa Khan working on lifting the Roman tiled feature. Courtesy of Bournemouth University,

The section of the Roman tiled feature, that has been selected for lifting. Courtesy of Bournemouth University.

Elsewhere on site, student Toula Protopsaltis was undergoing a section of a small, oval like shaped feature and had a large flint reaching from one edge to the other. Careful excavation from under this rock in order to reach the bottom, revealed a very interesting find. Just emerging from the soil was what appears to be a perinatal cranium, as pictured below!

Perinatal cranium revealed by student Toula Protopsaltis. Courtesy of Bournemouth University.