The Big Dig

Today has been a very exciting day for those in Area H as four burials have been uncovered, all within a very small space. Two adults have been found with a minimum age around their late teenage years; this can be determined from the Iliac Crest, part of the pelvis, which is present in both… Read more » about Day 9 – a gathering of burials

Excavation of Area F of the site has revealed many Roman house platforms as well as Roman pits which all lay outside of the area of the ‘banjo’ enclosure. A human skull has also been uncovered in a part of a feature this afternoon, but will remain covered until the other section is excavated tomorrow,… Read more » about Day 8 – finds uncovered in features

Gale force winds which we had over the weekend have had a positive effect on the site leaving it in a perfect, fairly dry condition for starting to excavate features. Many field school participants have started work on the site today and have come from all over the world to experience the site, including visitors… Read more » about Day 7 – finally into features

The weather conditions have not improved so there is no excavation on site today for first year students. The second and third years as well as some volunteers have therefore spent the day in a laboratory on the university campus cleaning and processing finds. There were so many finds from last year’s excavation that not… Read more » about Day 6 – finds processing

Today has proved difficult in the fact that the rain has made the site extremely muddy. In conditions like this, too many archaeologists really can ‘spoil the broth’ and the site can easily become very crowded, dirty and mucky again, something we ideally would like to avoid especially after spending a few days cleaning it…. Read more » about Day 5 – rain stops play