Post by SHIMITAKI on Aug 22, 2004 19:30:24 GMT 1
Good morning:
It's been a while but I am finally getting around to putting all of my St. Leonard information together as well as the maps, circulars, brochures, etc. that I collected while there in York. I would like to know the name of the young lady that I worked with who was/is a archaeological student at the University and is from I believe Colorado here in the states. Also, I would like to have the Katherine's last name.
I've been searching various sources of books about Roman pottery but just do not know what to get that would show me what the pottery looked like before they became the chards that we dug up. I see that YAT offers many books but again do not know which book or books would show me what they looked like before someone dropped it on one of their tile floors. I would also like to see what one of the roof tiles looked like. Kurt explained about the square holes for the roof pegs but I forgot to ask about the curved edges. When I visited the Yorkshire Museum I bought one of the post cards showing the woman with her hair parted in the middle and would also like to know (more or less) how tall this vase is and if indeed it was used by the Romans as a funerary vessel.
I certainly had a fantastic time there in York and my friends and neighbors were quite interested in what I did and my explanation on how thorough your investigation is what with the computer records, X-rays and the sorting of tiny artifacts off of the paper plates, and the records of what was found at varioous elevations, etc. The entire two weeks was something I will remember most fondly for the rest of my life. I've visited an old homestead near my home or rather what is left of it and I think I know where the owners dumped their trash so all I have to do now is find out who owns the property and see if I can excavate a few locations. Who knows, maybe I'll find something that will add to the local historical societys museum and give people a better understanding of what happened 120 to 130 years ago here in Kennewick, Washington.
This is all I have for now but I will keep in touch with what is going on with the St. Leonards dig (the log ends with week 4 at this time) and will certainly look forward to the final report that I understand will be coming out sometime in 2005 or 2006.
My very best regards and sincere thanks to all,
John Wick ("shimitaki", which is name of my two cats)
Just thought of another question for Pam White, what was found in that "grey deposit" that was uncovered while I was there. One other thing for Pam. You said you had a cat or two and I just received a most interesting book about cats that you may like. It's called "Meow te Ching" and I do believe you will like it. Right now its coffee break (I had to say that) so I'm signing off.
It's been a while but I am finally getting around to putting all of my St. Leonard information together as well as the maps, circulars, brochures, etc. that I collected while there in York. I would like to know the name of the young lady that I worked with who was/is a archaeological student at the University and is from I believe Colorado here in the states. Also, I would like to have the Katherine's last name.
I've been searching various sources of books about Roman pottery but just do not know what to get that would show me what the pottery looked like before they became the chards that we dug up. I see that YAT offers many books but again do not know which book or books would show me what they looked like before someone dropped it on one of their tile floors. I would also like to see what one of the roof tiles looked like. Kurt explained about the square holes for the roof pegs but I forgot to ask about the curved edges. When I visited the Yorkshire Museum I bought one of the post cards showing the woman with her hair parted in the middle and would also like to know (more or less) how tall this vase is and if indeed it was used by the Romans as a funerary vessel.
I certainly had a fantastic time there in York and my friends and neighbors were quite interested in what I did and my explanation on how thorough your investigation is what with the computer records, X-rays and the sorting of tiny artifacts off of the paper plates, and the records of what was found at varioous elevations, etc. The entire two weeks was something I will remember most fondly for the rest of my life. I've visited an old homestead near my home or rather what is left of it and I think I know where the owners dumped their trash so all I have to do now is find out who owns the property and see if I can excavate a few locations. Who knows, maybe I'll find something that will add to the local historical societys museum and give people a better understanding of what happened 120 to 130 years ago here in Kennewick, Washington.
This is all I have for now but I will keep in touch with what is going on with the St. Leonards dig (the log ends with week 4 at this time) and will certainly look forward to the final report that I understand will be coming out sometime in 2005 or 2006.
My very best regards and sincere thanks to all,
John Wick ("shimitaki", which is name of my two cats)
Just thought of another question for Pam White, what was found in that "grey deposit" that was uncovered while I was there. One other thing for Pam. You said you had a cat or two and I just received a most interesting book about cats that you may like. It's called "Meow te Ching" and I do believe you will like it. Right now its coffee break (I had to say that) so I'm signing off.
