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Justin Blake's official Vindolanda excavation Twitter feed
Unless otherwise noted, all plans below are unofficial interpretations only.
They are meant to help orient diggers & friends.
They are not designed to scale, nor to imply archaeological accuracy.
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 13 2012, 03:15 AM (1,402 Views) | |
| Badger | May 13 2012, 03:15 AM Post #1 |
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Being six hours ahead I shall beat Harry to the new topic start! Reports and photos welcome. T.Wolter |
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| MBetz | May 18 2012, 04:10 PM Post #16 |
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First time digger's luck strikes again! Well done Claire, and everyone else who has been digging. Great stories and photos. |
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| Badger | May 18 2012, 10:57 PM Post #17 |
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Brinno/Pierre Although we have permission to post pictures and discuss things like this I think a little bit of ambiguity is called for. Sure, nobody could sneak onto the site in the dark and find a writing tablet. Not in a million years. But pointing out one spot might just tempt the foolish. Let us just say it was more than a shovel length away from where you were digging! Sometimes archeology is funny. Jeff did yeoman's service in a deep trench for most of the week. Just a lot of anaerobic dirt with scattered finds. Claire, in a spot that did not look immediatly promising, found amazing things. Badger/T.Wolter |
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| Claire_M | May 19 2012, 01:12 AM Post #18 |
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Thanks for posting the pic of it Badger - I failed to take one, is there some way of downloading it? Yes, I definitely had beginner's luck. The horse's head was pretty awesome though, and there was talk of finding out what wine was in the amphora - vintage vindolandese, I'd say. The dig is a team effort anyway; some poor sod had to deturf the top of where I found the tablet but didn't get the find. I had a lot of fun, met some cool folks, and hope to be back next year. Will be keeping up via wedig til then. Edited by Claire_M, May 19 2012, 01:14 AM.
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| Mike C | May 19 2012, 03:49 AM Post #19 |
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Well done Claire, looks like you have a wonderfull week & had some wonderfull finds. It looks like it was well worth it, after all your posts, finding out what to bring Etc! I'm there for my 5th season next week, hope you young ones have left something for us oldies to do. |
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| Fiona D | May 19 2012, 08:19 AM Post #20 |
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Just to let Ian and Martin know - under all our hard work digging out rubbish in week 6, so there was definitely something worth digging for! Cheers Fiona Edited by Fiona D, May 19 2012, 08:20 AM.
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| Sue Munro | May 19 2012, 09:34 AM Post #21 |
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As well as all the great photos of the excavations I think we should keep a log of how the cheeky chaffinch gets rounder and rounder as the weeks go by with all those tough excavators who can't resist the tempation of spoiling him! |
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| Badger | May 19 2012, 01:24 PM Post #22 |
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Claire Click on the inbox at the upper right corner of the wedig page for instructions on how to get the full resolution version. Enviously (looks green with envy anyway)T.Wolter |
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| Brinno | May 19 2012, 02:51 PM Post #23 |
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Tim, next time I'll use a good old e-mail to enquire. Claire, congratulations. Sue, see attachment for how that feathered scrounger looked in week 6. |
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| Sue Munro | May 20 2012, 12:56 PM Post #24 |
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Cute! He's definitely rounder than in weeks one and two!
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| Terry S | May 20 2012, 05:08 PM Post #25 |
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As promised, our local paper "Sunday Sun" published an article today, headed "Digging into a family history", describing how Andrew's grandfather and father had dug the site earlier. In addition, there were pictures of Liz from Allenheads (in Northumberland) with her melon bead and Kathryn from Edmonton, Canada, with a nice smile. Andrew capped the page, looking very dramatic, pick over his left shoulder, standing astride the north/south drainage channel, looking east. (I know Harry likes details). There were three small pictures of various finds. All this and more for £1.10. |
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| Andy | May 21 2012, 02:33 AM Post #26 |
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week 7 gang, those that remained. :-) |
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| maryb_10 | May 21 2012, 09:29 AM Post #27 |
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Wow! Love seeing all of the new discoveries - thanks for posting, everyone! Here is a photo of our feathered friend from Week 3 for comparison...he looks downright dainty compared to his current girth.
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| Malise McGuire | May 21 2012, 09:31 AM Post #28 |
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Re the Horse Skull... see photo, nicely cleaned last Friday! |
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| Malise McGuire | May 21 2012, 09:38 AM Post #29 |
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This photo is from 15 May - taken through the Hut window where I was washing the pottery finds (and bones). |
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