Jennifer reports on Day Two of the dig:
The weather started
off as rain but as soon as we reached the site it was clear and dry, and
continued to get hotter through the day. Sitting enjoying the sunshine we could
understand why our ancestors chose to live and work up in that sheltered spot.
The entertainment of
the day came when the ‘bog van’ got ‘bogged down’, after the driver decided to
turn around in the wet field. Tractors and land rovers and straw later and he
finally got free, cheered on by a whole team of archaeologists stood on the
hill above him. The collective thought at the end was whether we could hire him
to do some backfilling!
With the preliminaries
done, planning and photographing could
take place today. Also with the addition of another small trench to explore
some anomalies. Part of the upper trench was also relieved of excess and
‘loose’ stones, which uncovered yet more stones and a fresh ant’s nest. The
only finds were a few pieces of bone in the upper trench, but some last minute
trench walking led to a piece of chert being discovered, David had said that
anyone who had the audacity to find a piece of chert would be whipped, so we
know who won’t be coming on site tomorrow!
Another good day of
digging and hopefully we might actually find something more than rocks
tomorrow!
Jennifer Stearn
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