Ceri invents a brand new digging technique and describes what he has been working on over the last few weeks.
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- Ceri Shipton |
- 1246 days ago
The Final Countdown and a Brief History of (my) Time
Tags: burials, georgian, horn core pit, pit, prescot street, site staff, skeletonLooking back at digging down, Gary considers his first months at Prescot Street.
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- Gary Webster |
- 1253 days ago
Photo diary 19th August 2008
Tags: burials, cremation, horn core, horn core pit, inhumation, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, soak-away, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1267 days ago
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1271 days ago
David takes a trip over to the finds department and gets a good look at a conserved Roman oil lamp.
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- David Harrison |
- 1279 days ago
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
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 |
- 1285 days ago
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tags: foundations, linear feature, pit, prescot street, roman, site staffWill’s journal entry. A comparison to Shakespeare and some of the most interesting archaeology we have yet found.
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- Will Clarke |
- 1287 days ago
Liz’s journal entry talks about the hot weather, legs and metalled surfaces… read all about it.
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- Elisabet Schager |
- 1292 days ago
A blog by David Ross
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- David Ross |
- 1293 days ago
Greg discusses the excavation of a context.
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- Gregory Crees |
- 1294 days ago
Sickness and Death in Roman London
Posted under: the-site >> Roman Tags: burials, cemetery, cremation, environmental archaeology, evidence, grave, grave goods, inhumation, organic material, pit, roman, settlement, soil, soil samplesThis article provides information about the types of diseases and causes of death that can be identified from evidence found at Prescot Street.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 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
Photo diary for 2nd July 2008
Tags: bone, burials, context, inhumation, photo diary, pit, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, soak-away, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1313 days ago
Lost in a sea of misleading stratigraphy.
Tags: cremation, inhumation, pit, prescot street, quarry pit, soil, stratigraphyA blog by David Ross, esq.
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- David Ross |
- 1316 days ago
Photo diary 30th June 2008
Tags: drain, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, roman, site staff, soak-away, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1317 days ago
Photo diary 26th June 2008
Tags: amphora, pit, prescot street, roman, shovelling, site staff, votive offering, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 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
Photo diary 16th June 2008
Tags: georgian, horn core, horn core pit, pit, post-medieval, site staff, soak-away, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1331 days ago
Photo diary 6th June 2008
Tags: bone, burials, cremation, grave, grave goods, photo diary, pit, pottery, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, south tenter street, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 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
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
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
Primary Archive photos
Tags: archive, burials, ditch, drain, georgian, linear feature, pit, roman, soak-awayA selection of working shots made on colour film and black and white negative for the primary archive
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- Guy Hunt |
- 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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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1370 days ago
Video Episode 2 - First Signs of Burials
Posted under: galleries >> Video Tags: barrel well, burials, cemetery, conservation, cremation, pit, shovellingVideo episode 2 following the conservation of the first cremation on site and catching up with progress on site.
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- Anies Hassan |
- 1370 days ago
On Shovelling and the Roman Cemetery
Tags: burials, cemetery, ditch, inhumation, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, roman, shovelling, supineAshley reflects on the work he has been doing over the last couple of weeks.
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- Ashley Pooley |
- 1371 days ago
Video Episode 1 - Introduction to Excavations
Posted under: galleries >> Video Tags: construction, digital project, evaluation, georgian, horn core, horn core pit, medieval, pit, post-medieval, roman, soak-away, victorian, websiteEpisode 1 of our new video series. This film introduces the site and gives a flavour of work on the site
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- Anies Hassan |
- 1377 days ago
Photo diary for 29th April 2008
Tags: bone, burials, cemetery, georgian, medieval, pit, post-medieval, pottery, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, south tenter street, work
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- Guy Hunt |
- 1378 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
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1387 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
Journal update for 15th April 2008
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1393 days ago
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1393 days ago
Photos from 11th April 2008
Tags: georgian, horn core, horn core pit, pit, site staff, soak-away, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1397 days ago
Ashley Pooley’s contribution to the journal for the 8th April 2008
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- Ashley Pooley |
- 1400 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
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1401 days ago
How archaeologists identify features by Gary Webster.
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- Gary Webster |
- 1404 days ago
Photo diary for 4th April 2008
Tags: horn core, photo diary, pit, prescot street, site staff, soak-away, south tenter street, work
Photo diary for 4th April 2008
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1404 days ago
Photo diary for 3rd April 2008
Tags: horn core, photo diary, pit, prescot street, site staff, soak-away, south tenter street, work
Photo diary for the 3rd April 2008
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1404 days ago
Journal entry by Fergal O’Donoghue
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- Fergal O'Donoghue |
- 1405 days ago
More pits
Tags: georgian, horn core, horn core pit, organic material, pit, post-medieval, roman, site staff, soak-away, soil samples, south tenter street, stratigraphy, victorian, well, workGary writes about his ongoing pit digging experiences
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- Gary Webster |
- 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
Photo diary for 25th March 2008
Tags: building materials, cellar, construction, context, cut, fill, foundations, georgian, horn core, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, soak-away, south tenter street, website, well, work
Photo diary entry for 25th March 2008.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 1414 days ago
The First of the Post Medieval
Tags: evidence, foundations, georgian, horn core, horn core pit, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, soak-away, south tenter street, workStarting out on site and a few notes about the post medieval period on the site.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 1420 days ago
Glossary definition of feature
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1471 days ago
Glossary definition of horn core pit
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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
Bustum
Posted under: glossary >> Glossary Tags: burials, cremation, fill, grave, grave goods, pit, pyreGlossary definition of bustum
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1471 days ago
Glossary definition of truncation
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1498 days ago