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The 2015 Fieldwork Season Begins!
September 2015 and we are back to the fieldwork on the Lincolnshire Wolds! Once again the University of Kent team of students and staff is teaming up with the North East Lincolnshire society (NELALHS) to explore the archaeology of the … Continue reading
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
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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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