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We are meeting one of our Archaeologist’s Matt this #meetthestaffmonday “Hi! My name is Matt and I’ve been working for CAT as field staff for almost 3 years now! 🐈 I’ve […]
Monthly Archives: August 2022
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For this week’s #FindsFriday we have an interesting variety of pottery counters!🏺 Excavated from Essex County Hospital, the uses for these roundels is not fully clear however it is most likely that […]
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Happy National Dogs Day (and Friday) everyone! From our little diggers to yours
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Today’s #ThrowbackThursday is our excavation at Abbey Field in 2000 Multiple graves had been discovered at the site previously so we knew there was a high likelihood we would find more. Another […]
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Happy #TuesdayMorning all! Yesterday we undertook our fifth summer Washathon, and managed to wash a grand total of 91 trays of finds Our favourite find was the base of a Samian platter that […]
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For this #FindsFriday we have a copper bow brooch!🎀 Brooches had a very simple function, which was to secure clothing – you can see the pin that would have been used to […]
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This #ThrowbackThursday we are remembering the excavations at the Garrison we completed back in 2012-2013 The ‘Area H’ excavations as they are known, revealed two distinct Roman cemetery areas dating from the […]
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This Monday we’re going to #MeetTheStaff starting with our Project Osteologist Meg 💀 “Hey everyone! My name’s Meg and I’m the human bone specialist here at CAT. My role involves recreating a […]
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For this #FindsFriday we have some fashionable Roman beads! 💁💎 These Roman jet beads were found around the neck of the female in a shared grave (potentially husband and wife). Jet was […]
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Throwing it way back to the excavations at Lion Walk this #ThrowbackThursday The Lion Walk excavation took place from 1971 to 1974, before the construction of the Lion Walk shopping precinct. […]
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