Post by YAT on Jul 4, 2008 14:30:57 GMT 1
WEEK 1
The area at the west end of H1 is being excavated by Ben and his team.
Elena is working to the east of H1 and at the south of the new area we opened.
Artemi is working over the rest of the new area, with input from Pam and the tasters.
In Ben’s area this week his group continued the excavation of a sequence of possible rubbish pits. All the finds from this area, including animal bone and pottery, suggest these pits are early Medieval in date.
Graham excavated the top of a small cesspit. This feature was found to include two separate backfill deposits.
The team working hard to remove the backfill from a massive pit next to the graveyard
This week Elena’s group spent a lot of time cleaning back the area using mattocks, as warm weather and the access route through the site meant that the ground was very dry and trampled, making edges practically invisible.
Josh excavated the remnants of a highly truncated pit, probably Medieval in date, and Kathy cleaned up a pit which is possibly part of a larger feature. It was decided that this pit would not be excavated as it is very close to the access ramp for the site, so she also got to excavate another, smaller rubbish pit which produced some nice finds.
Will and Jon spent most of the week excavating a large clay extraction pit which was undercut on one side. It was very deep and a lot of hard work – even when we thought we’d reached the bottom (at about 1.5m) it turned out that this was just a step down to another, deeper layer! This feature was not fully excavated as it also continues into the access route through the site.
Will and Jon also got the opportunity to clean and plan another greyish pit which had been truncated by the clay extraction pit and could be seen in the section.
Finds this week included animal bone and pottery which suggest a Medieval date for these features, and the clay extraction pit proved worth its effort when it produced a nice piece of worked antler.
Planning a pit backfill using showing the use of a planning frame and offsets
Artemi’s group also spent this week cleaning back the area they were working in to find the edges of new features.
Cleaning back over a medieval oven with a quern stone set into its base
Possibly the most important feature found in this area this week is another well, probably late Medieval in date. The well gave up some good finds, including a crested ridge tile.
Here is the team.
It has been a busy week, so time for a cup of tea...
The area at the west end of H1 is being excavated by Ben and his team.
Elena is working to the east of H1 and at the south of the new area we opened.
Artemi is working over the rest of the new area, with input from Pam and the tasters.
In Ben’s area this week his group continued the excavation of a sequence of possible rubbish pits. All the finds from this area, including animal bone and pottery, suggest these pits are early Medieval in date.
Graham excavated the top of a small cesspit. This feature was found to include two separate backfill deposits.
The team working hard to remove the backfill from a massive pit next to the graveyard
This week Elena’s group spent a lot of time cleaning back the area using mattocks, as warm weather and the access route through the site meant that the ground was very dry and trampled, making edges practically invisible.
Josh excavated the remnants of a highly truncated pit, probably Medieval in date, and Kathy cleaned up a pit which is possibly part of a larger feature. It was decided that this pit would not be excavated as it is very close to the access ramp for the site, so she also got to excavate another, smaller rubbish pit which produced some nice finds.
Will and Jon spent most of the week excavating a large clay extraction pit which was undercut on one side. It was very deep and a lot of hard work – even when we thought we’d reached the bottom (at about 1.5m) it turned out that this was just a step down to another, deeper layer! This feature was not fully excavated as it also continues into the access route through the site.
Will and Jon also got the opportunity to clean and plan another greyish pit which had been truncated by the clay extraction pit and could be seen in the section.
Finds this week included animal bone and pottery which suggest a Medieval date for these features, and the clay extraction pit proved worth its effort when it produced a nice piece of worked antler.
Planning a pit backfill using showing the use of a planning frame and offsets
Artemi’s group also spent this week cleaning back the area they were working in to find the edges of new features.
Cleaning back over a medieval oven with a quern stone set into its base
Possibly the most important feature found in this area this week is another well, probably late Medieval in date. The well gave up some good finds, including a crested ridge tile.
Here is the team.
It has been a busy week, so time for a cup of tea...