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1/10/14 — Finds Spotlight: Brooch & Bone!
From our collection come another two unique finds from our site near Hatcliffe, discovered over the course of this project. The whalebone, though not unprecedented, was an unexpected and rather unusual find and probably represents the opportunistic use of a … 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
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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10/9/14 – Preliminary geophys
Geophysical surveying has taken the main stage in the fieldwork so far. Several high-tech machines have aided us in this; the Total station, which allows us to create a digital map of the site with incredible precision; the magnetometer, collecting … Continue reading
Welcome
Hello and welcome to the official blog for the Lincolnshire Wolds fieldwork survey 2014. Here we will be tracking the progress of this project, in which members of the Classical & Archaeology department of Kent work with students and with … Continue reading