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Happy #MeetTheStaffMonday! Today we’re going to meeting Sam! “Salve! I’m Samantha and you will find usually find me in the Roman Circus Visitor Centre. I began volunteering for the Trust as […]
Monthly Archives: January 2023
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Another week, another #FindsFriday! This week we’re going to be looking at a wooden paddle found during excavations at Colchester Institute in 2007/8. 😲 Wood is an uncommon find on archaeological […]
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For this week’s #ThrowbackThursday we thought we’d take a hint from the chillier temperatures this week and talk about the effects of different weather on site. These pictures are from […]
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This #MeetTheStaffMonday we are meeting Pip! “Hi, my name is Pip. I have been a Post-Excavation Project Officer for 16 years now, and have spent 10 of those at CAT. For me, […]
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This #FindsFriday, we have a bone needle for you👀 Here we have an example of a sewing needle made from animal bone, which dates to the Roman period. This needle has […]
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It’s time again for another #ThrowbackThursday and today we’ll be looking at the archaeological investigations that CAT undertook at the Victoria Inn in Colchester in 2001-2002! This round of works […]
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This #MeetTheStaffMonday we will be meeting Adam! “Hi! I’m Adam, I’m a Senior Archaeologist at Colchester Archaeological Trust. I’ve been working for the company for about 2 years now, but have been […]
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This #FindsFriday we are discussing coins! We found all of these from one of our Colchester sites last year. Coins are incredibly useful as they can give us clear and specific dates […]
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As part of the Garrison Area A1 excavations undertaken in 2010-2011, CAT excavated eleven separate sites (Site A-K). This #ThrowbackThursday we will be remembering Site A, which was based at […]
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This #MeetTheStaffMonday we are meeting Charlie! “Hello! My name is Charlie and I’ve been a field Archaeologist at CAT since April last year. I obtained my Archaeology degree at UWTSD in 2020 […]
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