Tag Archives: archaeology
Dec
For our final day #EYAYourArchive, enjoy a picture of some of the members of the Post-Excavation team in our archive store We hope you’ve enjoy this week of posts exploring […]
Dec
For #EYAHobbies also enjoy two members of CAT staff, Sam and Linda, dressing up as Romans! A fantastic hobby, if we do say so ourselves. #ExploreYourArchive @ExploreYourArchive Roman Circus Visitor […]
Dec
Today, for #EYAHobbies, we will remember the excavation of the ‘Doctor’s Grave’ in Stanway. Back in 1996, the grave was excavated at Stanway Quarry. We were astounded by the remarkable medical […]
Nov
For #EYAArt, enjoy a picture of our illustrator Emma, working on an archaeological illustration of the Medusa pendant. This pendant was found on our Butt Road car-park site in Colchester […]
Nov
Today for #FindsFriday we’ve got this lovely Middle Bronze Age bucket urn found during works at a site near to Colchester in 2021. The top of the rim is decorated with impressed […]
Nov
Happy Monday everyone! Today, Senior Post-Excavation Assistant Vikki and placement student Alex headed to Colchester Sixth Form College where they talked archaeology and heritage careers It’s great to meet enthusiastic […]
Nov
Happy #FindsFriday everyone!! You may have recently seen one of our recent kiln finds on the news , so we thought we’d talk a bit about what a Roman kiln […]
Nov
On today’s #ThrowbackThursday we look back to a dig we undertook at the Kingswode Hoe School, which was carried out back in 2018! After removing three temporary-classrooms to construct a new teaching […]
Nov
WORK EXPERIENCE During October half term holidays, college student Felix spent a week with us, learning the ins and outs of commercial archaeology: “I’ve had a great time during my […]