Monthly Archives: July 2013

Thor’s Day

Okay, let’s get the weather out of the way. It is hot. What does that mean to a team of archaeologists? Strange tan lines. Ground baked hard as concrete. A glare coming off the natural geology making sunglasses a necessity. … Continue reading

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A Berkshire Breakfast

This morning I had to get up at 5.30am – too early even for Radio 4’s Tweet of the day….and head out to site with Mike for a 7am start with Radio Berkshire. We are live on the Tony Blackburn … Continue reading

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Breakthrough in Insula III!

We are gradually beginning to get inside the Victorian excavators’ minds…disentangling their excavation techniques will be one of the main challenges of excavating Insula III. But with the addition of 3 hard hitters in the form of Rich, Steve and … Continue reading

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Here we go again!

Monday was such a busy day that I seem to have erased all details from my mind! But I do know that we have some great additions to our team this week – not just our 2nd tranche of Reading … Continue reading

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The Tipping Point….again

Sunday is changeover day…..and as well as being extremely hot once again, I was apprehensive about the large number of new arrivals – 50 in all, most of them being our second batch of Reading students. But we are not … Continue reading

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Some like it hot?

Today’s blog has to be all about the building heat…and boy, is it building!! Temperatures predicted to be 32 degrees on site – and although the deep blue swirl of the sky was stunningly beautiful, the humidity was quite high … Continue reading

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My lips are sealed

I have been diagnosed with acute laryngitis, exacerbated by too much talking and the dusty conditions on site! I have strained my vocal chords and the doctor has forbidden me to talk for 3 days! However, it doesn’t stop me … Continue reading

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#Iron Age to Roman!

In Sarah Lucas’ and Su’s western area of the site we are down to the natural geology and are investigating the earliest Iron Age features cut into this. Sarah and Su are working in a ‘pincer’ movement from south to … Continue reading

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#Digital archaeologists

Today we are hosting a visit from Mike Rains. I have worked with Mike Rains for many years now – since the beginning of the Insula IX project in fact. Mike is the developer of the supreme Integrated Archaeological DataBase … Continue reading

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Silchester’s Visitor Team!

  Driving to work is a supreme pleasure at the moment. The sky is a clear and striking blue. The Hampshire fields areĀ  a wash of shades of green. Everything sparkles! Radio and sunglasses on, the sunlight bounces off my … Continue reading

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