Archaeological Solutions

Two small evaluation trenches in Essex revealing a prehistoric linear and pit in addition to post medieval features and a Victorian wall. Thanks for the pics Joe and John H :) Spot the cat ;)

When not collecting frogs in Cambridgeshire, Joe and Dan are finding struck flint from the Mesolithic thru to the late Neolithic in addition to small fragments of pottery from basal layers filling a large natural hollow. The remainder of the site has revealed ridge and furrow Joe's favourite ;)

Joe and Dan busy rescuing lots of frogs this morning :)

A photo of a large mandible and slightly deformed femur from the fully articulated burial of a Saxon Wolf hound in comparison with the mandible and femur from a Labrador sized dog.
Minnie the office dog who is a Labrador is used here as an additional scale (any excuse to get on FB Minnie)
The initial assessment of the Wolf hound (a typical domesticated breed of the era) suggests due to the lack of baculum that the dog may have been female which stood between 0.70-0.72m hi...gh at the shoulder making her one of the largest Saxon dogs so far discovered in Britain.
The burial was found on one of our excavations in Suffolk.
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Samuel and the team starting a 23 trench evaluation in Suffolk. Features revealed include surviving areas of buried soils sealing ditches and pits. Structural post holes and post pits containing small amounts of grooved ware pottery, struck and burnt flint are present in one area of the site in addition to further pits containing hearth material :)

The skull of an elderly female from a Roman cemetery in Great Casterton in Rutland. The excavation revealed a 3rd to 4th century inhumation cemetery, consisting of 133 supine graves.
The individual"s skull shows a clear sign of cranial surgery or trepanation. There were no signs of healing suggesting that death occurred soon after or during the procedure.
There are only several examples of trepanation recorded during the Roman period recovered from dispersed locations across England.

Joe from our Shefford Office carrying out a small two trench evaluation in Hitchin Hertfordshire. He has revealed a mid 19th century wall and earlier features. A lot of concrete slab on this one :)

Gareth and the team on an urban site in St Neots Cambridgeshire which we previously evaluated. We are excavating the site in two half's on this one.

Some pics from our continuing excavation in Woolpit Suffolk. This area shows medieval to early post medieval activity (see previous posts). Big thanks to Kerrie, Isak and the Team plus Tom for the pole cam shots.

Samuel supervising the cutting of four eval trenches in a large back garden plot in Ware Hertfordshire. A medieval layer runs thru two of the trenches :)

Both Tom and John H machining in Suffolk cutting evaluation trenches John is playing it safe wearing his hard hat Tom makes do with sunglasses ;)

John Summers our Enviro specialist combining a site visit with some metal detecting with Graham our local detectorist in Suffolk. Whilst surveying in features with the GPS John finds a lovely patinated scraper in addition to a side scraper well done Dr John :)

A very nice little button type scraper found by Tom whilst setting out trenches in Suffolk :)

Some great site shots from Kerrie and the Team working on our multi period site in Suffolk (see previous posts) :)

John H finds garden gnome fishing for pottery on site in Ely. Nice one Dan ;)

Keeley has that sinking feeling at Mersea Island ;)

AS live weather report from site, thunder lightning and heavy rain a Mersea Island Essex :)

Tom machining evaluation trenches in Bedfordshire for Joe and the team before the rain. The eval trenches show a few features and furrows :)