Day 6 brings mud, mud and more mud!

A spell of wet weather brings the week to a muddy and wet end...

Jack gets stuck in….MUD, MUD, MUD, MUD EVERYWHERE! As you can guess it was quite the muddy day. But certainly not uneventful. Focusing on finds cleaning today was originally a slow start. However, after intensive cleaning and just as intensive rain, Team A unearthed a rather interesting find. Believed to be a shoulder bone (from an animal) the piece was an exciting discovery, sparking much buzz in the trench. Team A will continue to strive to uncover more archaeology as we finally excavate the new deposits.

Rain makes work on site more difficult!

Sammy puts his foot in it… Activities today were varied and mostly overshadowed by intermittent downpours. Despite this and a thoroughly sodden foot some interesting artefacts were found; notably large quantities of Samian pottery. In the afternoon we took up the task of cleaning finds. A combination of warm water, toothbrushes and patience allowed for the artefacts found so far to be cleaned, allowing us to examine them in greater detail at a later date. It is worth noting that cleaning pottery is highly therapeutic, bone on the other hand I would avoid!

Not the usual role for a toothbrush.