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 |
- 66 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 streetChaz Morse’s Field Officer’s report for June and July 2008
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- Chaz Morse |
- 66 days ago
Happy as a pig in...
Tags: context, dating, deposits, ecofact, environmental archaeology, evidence, excavation, feature, objects, organic material, site staff, soil, soil samples, workSteve 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 |
- 115 days ago
We care about the environment
Tags: context, deposits, ecofact, environmental archaeology, excavation, feature, fill, organic material, pottery, site staff, soil, soil samplesFergal, 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.
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- Fergal O'Donoghue |
- 118 days ago
Field Officers Report for period ending 22nd May 2008
Posted under: journal >> Reports Tags: burials, cemetery, cremation, deposits, drain, evidence, excavation, feature, inhumation, medieval, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, soak-away, stratigraphy, urnFiled Officers report for the period ending 22nd May 2008
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- Chaz Morse |
- 130 days ago
Photo diary 20th May 2008
Tags: basement, context, cut, deposits, digital project, excavation, feature, fill, foundations, georgian, pit, prescot street, shovelling, site staff, spoil, stratigraphy, website, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 139 days ago
Photo diary for 14th May 2008
Tags: deposits, environmental archaeology, evidence, excavation, feature, fill, medieval, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, poulaine, prescot street, site staff, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 145 days ago
Photo diary for 8th May 2008
Tags: barrel well, context, cut, deposits, ditch, excavation, feature, fill, pit, work
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- Guy Hunt |
- 150 days ago
Field Officer's report for 21st April 2008
Posted under: journal >> Reports Tags: aggregates, construction, cremation, cut, dating, deposits, evidence, excavation, feature, fill, georgian, horn core, horn core pit, organic material, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, soak-away, south tenter streetField Officer’s report for 21st April 2008
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- Chaz Morse |
- 168 days ago
Post medieval excitement!?!
Tags: deposits, post-medieval, prescot street, roman, soak-away, south tenter street, well, workThis is the first post in the journal by site assistant Sara Clancy.
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- sara_clancy |
- 192 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, wellThis article is the report for the week ending 28th March 2008, written by Field Officer Chaz Morse.
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- Chaz Morse |
- 192 days ago
Excavation Strategy
Posted under: about >> Methodology Tags: aims, deposits, ditch, drain, evidence, excavation, feature, fill, foundations, georgian, layer, medieval, objects, pit, post-medieval, post hole, prescot street, quarry pit, roman, south tenter street, strategyThis is a brief overview of the excavation strategy.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 193 days ago
Fergal's Soak Aways
Tags: construction, cut, deposits, digital project, drain, excavation, feature, fill, horn, horn core, horn core pit, hornworking, organic material, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, soak-away, south tenter street, victorianA first journal post from Fergal O’Donoghue about the soak away he is digging.
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- Fergal O'Donoghue |
- 194 days ago
Why did people in the past live underground?
Posted under: learning >> FAQ Tags: archaeology and education, basement, building materials, cellar, construction, deposits, evidence, excavation, foundations, layer, stratigraphyAn 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.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 230 days ago
Stratigraphy
Posted under: glossary >> Glossary Tags: cut, deposits, excavation, feature, stratigraphyGlossary definition of stratigraphy
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 279 days ago
Prescot Street Evaluation 2006
Posted under: about >> Reports Previous-archaeological-work Tags: basement, building materials, burials, context, cut, dating, deposits, ditch, drain, evaluation, evidence, excavation, feature, fill, georgian, grave, grave goods, horn, horn core, horn core pit, hornworking, inhumation, layerThis article provides an overview of the evidence from the Prescot Street evaluation undertaken by L – P : Archaeology in 2006.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 326 days ago
The Eastern Roman Cemetery
Posted under: the-site >> Roman Tags: burials, cemetery, cremation, dating, deposits, evaluation, evidence, excavation, feature, grave, grave goods, roman, settlement, south tenter street, website, workFurther information on excavations of the East London Roman Cemetery undertaken by other archaeological organisations.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 340 days ago
The Prescot Street Poulaines
Posted under: the-site >> Medieval Tags: context, deposits, evaluation, medieval, post-medieval, poulaine, prescot street, soil, south tenter streetThis article is about the type of late Medieval leather shoe found during the evaluation in 2006.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 340 days ago