The Big Dig

Another crouched inhumation burial was uncovered today after it was discovered yesterday by Rachelle Gray, a first year student studying AAFS (BSc Archaeological, Anthropological and Forensic Sciences). The burial is most likely to be Iron Age as some black burnished ware pottery has also been recovered from the grave cut and the position of the… Read more » about Day 19 – planning underway

Today sees the end of the third week and the pressure is now on to try and get as much excavated before the last week comes to an end. Over the past two weeks, the overall interpretation of the site has changed a great deal with now three phases of rebuilding of the Roman villa… Read more » about Day 18 – the final countdown

Unfortunately, the rain made today rather difficult and delayed our excavation.  Although the wet conditions slowed down the digging, spirits remained high and excitement of the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age burial is still present from yesterday as the burial was lifted today. Up in Area H, another perinatal burial was found with a… Read more » about Day 17 – mud, mud, glorious mud!

Today was a very exciting day for Area F, especially the trench supervisor Mark Shattock, as a piece of Beaker pottery was found assocaited with a burial which makes this the earliest grave discovered on the site.  This style of pottery is typical of the late Bronze Age giving this particular burial a rough date… Read more » about Day 16 – a whole new phase

In Area F a level building platform cut into the natural chalk hillside has been investigated. This lies to the East side of the entrance to the ‘banjo’ enclosure. The feature has produced hundreds of finds, albeit not extremely significant as the fill of the feature lacks stratigraphy, yet they have shed light on the… Read more » about Day 15 – making progress