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Monthly Archives: September 2014
26/9/14 — The Final Stages
Being the last days on site for much of the team, including the undergraduates, the main focus on site has switched from excavation to the recording of any features. One of the most important elements of the record is the … Continue reading
25/9/14 — Finds Spotlight: Quern stone!
Earlier in the week, one of our undergraduate team uncovered a find that nicely adds to the different categories of finds so far on the dig – a piece of a quern-stone from the Roman period. What is a quern-stone, … Continue reading
23/9/14 — Gone are the trowels, out come the pencils
Work has continued as expected at the Hatcliffe site with more feature excavations under way. From these features have emerged a steady flow of finds including sherds of pottery, fragments of bone and a cluster of oyster shells. The oysters … Continue reading
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Tagged Author: Emma, Drawing, Finds, Site: Hatcliffe, Week 3
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22/9/14 — Features, Finds and Triangulation
Work on the site has been steadily progressing with a number of significant finds having been discovered. The team has maintained progress at the Hatcliffe site with individuals continuing to excavate a number of new features to help further our … Continue reading
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Tagged Author: Emma, Finds, Site: Hatcliffe, Trench Digging, Week 2
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20/9/14 — Spotlight: Fieldwalking
Ever wondered how much toil in the soil is needed to unearth an archaeological artefact? There are many different ways in which one can come across a find of archaeological value, and we have seen a few already during this … Continue reading
17/9/14 — Digging begins at Hatcliffe
A change of scenery brought with it a change in pace. Our team of experts and undergraduates were brought to a more familiar site in Lincolnshire, near Hatcliffe, which has seen more diverse fieldwork techniques done on it than our … Continue reading
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Tagged Author: Melissa, Finds, Site: Hatcliffe, Trench Digging, Week 2
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15/9/14 — Artefact Facts
“Rim!” “Greyware!” “Boxflue!” Those are the calls of our undergraduate team across the site as we search for surface finds. But how can we judge what they are just by sight without dating methods? Of course, part of it comes … Continue reading
14/09/14 — Getting stuck in!
Hello, weekend, and hello, digging! After having pieced together our impressive geophys results, including the magnetometry done later on part of the site to complement our fieldwalking, we were granted permission to open a trench in that part of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Author: Melissa, Finds, Site: Binbrook, Trench Digging, Week 2
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13/9/14 – Spotlight: Magnetometry and Resistivity
In between our shorter updates we will also be posting some spotlight sections on the methods and equipment used throughout the project. Our first one focuses on the technical side of geophysical survey! Magnetometry is part of non-intrusive surface surveying. … Continue reading
12/9/14 — Goodbye, geophys – hello, digging!
The end of the first week heralds the final touches to our main site’s geophysical survey. Friday saw Lloyd with the Total station and magnetometer following the fieldwalkers down to the foot of the hill, to chase the features being … Continue reading
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Tagged Author: Melissa, Finds, Geophys, Site: Binbrook, Week 1
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