Prescot Dig

Pit with a life of its own

Tags: cut, deposits, feature, fill, pit, quarry pit

Greg’s journal entry about a monster pit with a life of its own and some comments about cremation urns.

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Gregory Crees |
1758 days ago

Field Officer's Report for June & July 2008

Posted under: journal >> Reports Tags: burials, cremation, deposits, drain, inhumation, medieval, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, quarry pit, roman, soak-away, south tenter street

Chaz Morse’s Field Officer’s report for June and July 2008

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Chaz Morse |
1758 days ago

Happy as a pig in...

Tags: context, dating, deposits, ecofact, environmental archaeology, evidence, feature, objects, organic material, site staff, soil, soil samples, work

Steve Campion, from L -P : Archaeology’s environmental department explains why and how environmental evidence is important at Prescot Street.

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Steve Campion |
1807 days ago

We care about the environment

Tags: context, deposits, ecofact, environmental archaeology, feature, fill, organic material, pottery, site staff, soil, soil samples

Fergal, who is responsible for maintaining the environmental samples taken and stored on site before processing, writes about why environmental sampling is an important part of archaeological investigation.

Field Officers Report for period ending 22nd May 2008

Posted under: journal >> Reports Tags: burials, cemetery, cremation, deposits, drain, evidence, feature, inhumation, medieval, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, soak-away, stratigraphy, urn

Filed Officers report for the period ending 22nd May 2008

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Chaz Morse |
1822 days ago

Photo diary 20th May 2008

Tags: basement, context, cut, deposits, digital project, feature, fill, foundations, georgian, pit, prescot street, shovelling, site staff, spoil, stratigraphy, website, work

20th May 2008

21 Photos

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Lorna Richardson |
1831 days ago

Photo diary for 14th May 2008

Tags: deposits, environmental archaeology, evidence, feature, fill, medieval, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, poulaine, prescot street, site staff, work

14th May 2008

16 Photos

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Lorna Richardson |
1837 days ago

Photo diary for 8th May 2008

Tags: barrel well, context, cut, deposits, ditch, feature, fill, pit, work

8th May 2008

5 Photos

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Guy Hunt |
1842 days ago

Field Officer's report for 21st April 2008

Posted under: journal >> Reports Tags: aggregates, construction, cremation, cut, dating, deposits, evidence, feature, fill, georgian, horn core, horn core pit, organic material, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, soak-away, south tenter street

Field Officer’s report for 21st April 2008

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Chaz Morse |
1860 days ago

Post medieval excitement!?!

Tags: deposits, post-medieval, prescot street, roman, soak-away, south tenter street, well, work

This is the first post in the journal by site assistant Sara Clancy.

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sara_clancy |
1884 days ago

Field Officers Report for week ending 28th March 2008

Posted under: journal >> Reports Tags: basement, cellar, deposits, ditch, drain, horn, horn core, horn core pit, hornworking, layer, medieval, post-medieval, prescot street, roman, soak-away, south tenter street, spoil, victorian, walls, well

This article is the report for the week ending 28th March 2008, written by Field Officer Chaz Morse.

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Chaz Morse |
1884 days ago

Excavation Strategy

Posted under: about >> Methodology Tags: deposits, ditch, drain, evidence, feature, fill, foundations, georgian, layer, medieval, objects, pit, post-medieval, post hole, prescot street, quarry pit, roman, south tenter street, strategy

This is a brief overview of the excavation strategy.

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Guy Hunt |
1885 days ago

Fergal's Soak Aways

Tags: construction, cut, deposits, digital project, drain, feature, fill, horn, horn core, horn core pit, hornworking, organic material, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, soak-away, south tenter street, victorian

A first journal post from Fergal O’Donoghue about the soak away he is digging.

Why did people in the past live underground?

Posted under: learning >> FAQ Tags: archaeology and education, basement, building materials, cellar, construction, deposits, evidence, foundations, layer, stratigraphy

An article about why it seems like people lived underground in the past. The article explains that people didn’t live underground, but that modern ground levels are much higher than in the past.