Post by YAT on Apr 15, 2009 10:07:52 GMT 1
Hi there everybody. We have not done a complete site diary for the Spring session of Archaeology Live! 2009, but here are some pictures from what we were doing.....
The team started off recording and planning features. It was very good weather but the wind made it a bit chilly if you were not wrapped up.
Gary going through the recording system with the team that he was supervising.
In the area that Artemi was supervising there were a sequence of pits from around 1600 that needed to be picked apart. Once recorded the team started digging them.
Back with Gary there was an unusual tile/cobble built feature. This may have been linked with some nearby walls.
By the end of the first week people had gained new skills, improved what they already could do, and had a good (windswept) time!
For the second week the wind was a little less chilly. The feature that Gary and the team were looking at turned out to be a really nice 'tile on edge' hearth.
The new trainees with Artemi were put to work recording the upper backfill of what turned out to be a very deep medieval pit.
Across the site with Gary we were looking at another pit, this time with edges that were difficult to find.
Once we had dug the backfill out we had to record the cut.
... Then carry on with the next feature. This turned out to be the backfill of a robbing cut where a wall had been removed and all the good material reused elsewhere.
By the end of the two weeks session the team were getting very good at recording and confident with digging. Time to get the mattock out.
Thank you to everybody that made the first spring session of Archaeology Live! such a good one. Everybody on site can't wait for the summer session to start.
The team started off recording and planning features. It was very good weather but the wind made it a bit chilly if you were not wrapped up.
Gary going through the recording system with the team that he was supervising.
In the area that Artemi was supervising there were a sequence of pits from around 1600 that needed to be picked apart. Once recorded the team started digging them.
Back with Gary there was an unusual tile/cobble built feature. This may have been linked with some nearby walls.
By the end of the first week people had gained new skills, improved what they already could do, and had a good (windswept) time!
For the second week the wind was a little less chilly. The feature that Gary and the team were looking at turned out to be a really nice 'tile on edge' hearth.
The new trainees with Artemi were put to work recording the upper backfill of what turned out to be a very deep medieval pit.
Across the site with Gary we were looking at another pit, this time with edges that were difficult to find.
Once we had dug the backfill out we had to record the cut.
... Then carry on with the next feature. This turned out to be the backfill of a robbing cut where a wall had been removed and all the good material reused elsewhere.
By the end of the two weeks session the team were getting very good at recording and confident with digging. Time to get the mattock out.
Thank you to everybody that made the first spring session of Archaeology Live! such a good one. Everybody on site can't wait for the summer session to start.