Friday 21st June 2013 Day 18-Overview and Complexity Fridays are a great chance for everyone on site to catch up on what has been happening in the previous week and to see how interpretations of the site are changing. As this is meant to be the last year on site, it is imperative that the… Read more » about Day 18-Overview and Complexity

Thursday 20th June 2013 Day 17- Accessories and Warfare? Today has been a day of beautiful and unique finds across site, adding to the overall archaeological story and helping to build the picture of what life was actually like on site. One of the house terraces in particular has been producing extraordinary finds, from coloured… Read more » about Day 17-Accessories and Warfare?

Wednesday  19th  June  2013 Day 16- The “Well” Strikes Again Today, spirits were high as the sun was shining and progress was being made with many features reaching completion.  If the features weren’t being fully finished, more feature sections were beginning! It is very important to consider the entirety of a feature, its shape and… Read more » about Day 16- The “Well” Strikes Again

Tuesday 18th June 2013 Day 15- Ever Changing Interpretations There has been an update on the continued analysis of the perinate skeleton found last week as osteologists have come to site in order to take a better look at the skeletal remains and to assist in recovery. It has been determined that the age of… Read more » about Day 15-Ever Changing Interpretations

Monday 17th June 2013 Day 14-Ritualistic Iron Age Dog Deposit One of the Iron Age pits beside the Roman villa has once again become the center of attention! Last week students Jayne Matthews, Zoe Edwards, Amy Green and Sharna Katzeff, recovered the first evidence to suggest that the pit had a kind of special deposit…. Read more » about Day 14-Ritualistic Iron Age Dog Deposit