Title: Digging
Tlon - April 11, 2008 04:06 PM (GMT)
I'm digging a saw pit this weekend for my archaeology stuffs, so I won't be online to post very much!
Khentamentiu, Tlon and Marquis posts will be up ASAP!
Sorry for the delay guys!
~Katie
Fathom - April 11, 2008 09:54 PM (GMT)
Awww! I must longer wait in suspense for a Marquis post! ;)
Have fun Katie!!!!
Kisu - April 12, 2008 02:00 PM (GMT)
Marph, you doin archaeology??? ^.^
Tlon - April 12, 2008 06:20 PM (GMT)
I sure am and I have been for the last couple of years XDD
I managed to get online today.. but man I'm tired. x.x!
We excavated half of the pit today between the four of us. it's about 1.5metres deep and about 3 feet wide and 9-10 feet long and we went down to the bottom! It's filled with all sorts of junk from about 1890-1900 that they found to fill up the big hole XD
It's got some pretty kick ass stratigraphy in the layers we left in the other half of the pit.. you can see how they threw in mortar and sand, then mud then loose chalk.. It's pretty fun! We'll be recording tomorrow so I'm less likely to be too tired to post!
Kisu - April 14, 2008 02:45 PM (GMT)
*hugs Tlon* guess I didn't realize that's what you were focusing on.
Archaeology is da awesome! What kind of site is it? (i.e. historic, prehistoric, obviously you found some historic stuff, but is that what you're after? Place?) *geeks out*
Tlon - April 14, 2008 05:58 PM (GMT)
This was more of a training dig then a big excavation seeing as we were only there for a weekend. The saw pit itself has been there ages and the landowner finally wanted it dug out.. It's got a load of old rubbish in it mostly, lots of tile and such.
So yah, historic site (though another digger found a prehistoric flint core!) and I spent the best part of yesterday recording :3
The best site is a roman villa I've dug the last 2 years in a farmer's field. It's so spiffy... it's a corridor villa with 5 rooms, at least 2 of the rooms with tessalated floors, one red and one white. Going back there this summer!