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 |
- 1285 days ago
Greg discusses the excavation of a context.
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- Gregory Crees |
- 1294 days ago
Photo diary for 8th July 2008
Tags: ditch, drain, feature, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, site staff, skull, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1308 days ago
Gary’s latest blog entry
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- Gary Webster |
- 1320 days ago
Find in mind
Tags: dating, evidence, feature, finds, georgian, grave, horn core, medieval, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, south tenter street, workGary discusses his weeks activities.
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- Gary Webster |
- 1328 days ago
In at the deep end..
Tags: context, feature, horn, horn core, horn core pit, post-medieval, shovelling, site staff, soak-away, workRuth Rolfe’s journal entry.
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- Ruth Rolfe |
- 1328 days ago
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1329 days ago
Liz, context 1049 and Roman burials
Tags: bone, cemetery, coins, context, cremation, drain, evidence, feature, grave, grave goods, horn core, horn core pit, pottery, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, soak-away, urnLiz’s latest journal entry for 17th June, about cremation burials, inhumation burials and the process of excavating them.
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- Elisabet Schager |
- 1330 days ago
Happy as a pig in...
Tags: context, dating, deposits, ecofact, environmental archaeology, evidence, 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 |
- 1334 days ago
Supervisor's report for Friday 6th June
Tags: beliefs, bone, burials, cemetery, cremation, feature, grave, grave goods, inhumation, photo diary, religion, roman, site staff, skeleton, workAshley’s Supervisor’s Report for the 6th June
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- Ashley Pooley |
- 1336 days ago
Disturbing cremations..
Tags: bone, burials, coins, construction, cremation, evidence, feature, pit, quarry pit, roman, site staff, workDavid Ross writes about his last days actvities.
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- David Ross |
- 1336 days ago
We care about the environment
Tags: context, deposits, ecofact, environmental archaeology, 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 |
- 1337 days ago
Łukasz and context 1032
Tags: burials, cemetery, context, feature, grave, grave goods, inhumation, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, work- Read More...
- Lorna Richardson |
- 1342 days ago
Photo diary for 3rd June 2008
Tags: burials, cremation, cut, ditch, evidence, feature, fill, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, post hole, prescot street, roman, soak-away, south tenter street, stratigraphy, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1343 days ago
Photo diary 29th May 2008
Tags: burials, cremation, cut, evidence, feature, fill, georgian, grave, grave goods, linear feature, photo diary, post-medieval, prescot street, roman, site staff, soak-away, well, work- Read More...
- Lorna Richardson |
- 1345 days ago
Greg and context (961) - amongst others...
Tags: bone, burials, coins, cremation, feature, fill, grave, grave goods, inhumation, pit, roman, soil, stratigraphy, urnGreg Crees writes about the last few days on site and the cremation burials he has been excavating.
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- Gregory Crees |
- 1349 days ago
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, urnFiled Officers report for the period ending 22nd May 2008
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- Chaz Morse |
- 1349 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
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1358 days ago
Skelly belly
Tags: bone, burials, cemetery, context, cut, evidence, feature, fill, grave, grave goods, layer, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, site staff, skeleton, soak-away, workJournal entry by Sara Clancy
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- sara_clancy |
- 1363 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
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1364 days ago
Excavating Burials
Tags: burials, context, cremation, cut, digital project, evidence, feature, pit, roman, urnJournal entry by Greg Crees, who discusses his involvement in the recent lifting of an intact cremation urn and excavation of an inhumation.
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- Gregory Crees |
- 1366 days ago
Photo diary for 8th May 2008
Tags: barrel well, context, cut, deposits, ditch, feature, fill, pit, work
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- Guy Hunt |
- 1369 days ago
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- Guy Hunt |
- 1369 days ago
David Harrison discusses his work as the site G.I.S and I.T Specialist.
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- David Harrison |
- 1370 days ago
Images from the 30th April 2008
Tags: bone, burials, context, digital project, evidence, feature, grave, grave goods, roman, site staff, skeleton
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1377 days ago
Deeps Pits and Shallow Graves
Tags: bone, burials, cut, evidence, feature, fill, georgian, grave, grave goods, medieval, prescot street, roman, site staff, workRoman Graves and Roman Grave Goods by Gary Webster
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- Gary Webster |
- 1378 days ago
Definition of Linear Feature
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1380 days ago
Visitors, quarrying and Romans
Tags: aggregates, burials, cemetery, conservation, cremation, ditch, environmental archaeology, evaluation, evidence, feature, linear feature, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, roman, site staff, workGuy presents and update on progress on site and comments on a few areas he has found interesting over the past weeks.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 1380 days ago
Photos from the 25th April 2008
Tags: cremation, ditch, feature, linear feature, pit, post-medieval, roman, site staff
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1380 days ago
Elizabet’s first impressions of the site.
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- Elisabet Schager |
- 1386 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 streetField Officer’s report for 21st April 2008
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- Chaz Morse |
- 1387 days ago
Drain Drain Go Away....
Tags: drain, feature, georgian, horn core, horn core pit, post-medieval, soak-away, south tenter street, workArticle by Gary regarding the drain leading into the horn-core pit.
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- Gary Webster |
- 1392 days ago
Photos from 8th April 2008
Tags: drain, evidence, feature, georgian, horn core, horn core pit, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, site staff, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1400 days ago
First impressions and introduction to the videography project by Anies Hassan.
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- Anies Hassan |
- 1401 days ago
New Areas Open
Tags: digital project, feature, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, site staff, stratigraphy, website, workGuy writes about progress on site.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 1401 days ago
How archaeologists identify features by Gary Webster.
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- Gary Webster |
- 1404 days ago
Journal entry by Fergal O’Donoghue
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- Fergal O'Donoghue |
- 1405 days ago
Another soakaway?
Tags: cut, feature, fill, georgian, layer, organic material, post-medieval, site staff, soak-away, south tenter street, victorian, workThis is a first journal post from Greg Crees. He talks about the large circular feature he is excavating. It is certainly post medieval, but is it another soakaway…?
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- Gregory Crees |
- 1407 days ago
Photo diary for 27th March 2008
Tags: context, evidence, feature, georgian, horn core, horn core pit, objects, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, shovelling, site staff, south tenter street, stratigraphy, victorian
Photo diary entry for 27th March.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 1411 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, strategyThis is a brief overview of the excavation strategy.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 1412 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, victorianA first journal post from Fergal O’Donoghue about the soak away he is digging.
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- Fergal O'Donoghue |
- 1413 days ago
Article about the primary findings of soak-aways in the northwest corner by Gary Webster.
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- Gary Webster |
- 1420 days ago
How do archaeologists know where to look?
Posted under: learning >> FAQ Tags: archive, census, community, dating, documentary sources, evaluation, evidence, feature, history, maps, medieval, methodology, post-medievalThis article explains how archaeologists know where to look. It explains in more depth how sites are found and the process of desk based research.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1455 days ago
Glossary definition of feature
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1471 days ago
Cut
Posted under: glossary >> Glossary Tags: context, cut, ditch, feature, grave, pit, post hole, stratigraphyGlossary definition of cut.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1471 days ago
Glossary definition of context
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1471 days ago
Glossary definition of conservation,
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1471 days ago
Glossary definition of truncation
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1498 days ago
Glossary definition of stratified/unstratifed
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1498 days ago
Glossary definition of stratigraphy
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1498 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, 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 |
- 1545 days ago
The Eastern Roman Cemetery
Posted under: the-site >> Roman Tags: burials, cemetery, cremation, dating, deposits, evaluation, evidence, 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 |
- 1559 days ago