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Jan
Jan
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 […]
Tag Archives: colchester
20
Jan
Jan
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 […]
19
Jan
Jan
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 […]
13
Jan
Jan
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 […]
06
Jan
Jan
Happy New Year everyone, and Happy #FindsFriday This week we have this lovely lion head spout found on a mortarium at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester. These are not uncommon, being […]
16
Dec
Dec
For #FindsFriday this week we’ve been playing around with our shiny new microscope, and we thought we’d make up a game for our social media! Can you figure out what’s being shown […]
09
Dec
Dec
Not every #FindsFriday is Roman🏺 Today we have an excellent example of modern archaeology – a plastic cassette! Definitely a retro item that most of us will remember (but fun fact – […]
08
Dec
Dec
This #ThrowbackThursday we will look at our excavation at Colchester High School! Following on from an evaluation in November-December 2005, in 2006 we visited CHS to conduct as excavation prior […]
02
Dec
Dec
For this #FindsFriday we have examples of tessellated floors from the Mercury Theatre😵 Of the nineteen rooms uncovered at the Mercury, twelve had tessellated floors made out of red cubes or ‘tesserae’ […]
25
Nov
Nov
This #FindsFriday we have a lovely cooking utensil for you. Here we have a complete(!) mortarium, possibly made in or around Colchester in the early Roman years AD 43-69👀 Mortaria were an […]