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May
May
This week for #FindsFriday we’re going to be looking at Roman wall plaster, with examples coming from our excavations at the Sixth Form College in Colchester. Romans used a technique known as […]
Tag Archives: roman
12
May
May
Today for #FindsFriday we’ve got an exciting find type that is slightly more uncommon in Colchester. To date only a handful of these glass chariot cups have been found in excavations in […]
05
May
May
For #FindsFriday this week we’re going to be looking at a Roman seal box found during our 2016 work in St Clare Drive in Colchester.🥳 Seal boxes are bronze containers […]
21
Apr
Apr
For a previous #FindsFriday we spoke about the phenomenon of ‘deviant burials’, and today we’ll be discussing another aspect of burials – the coffins! ⚰️ There are many areas of Roman burial […]
17
Apr
Apr
On 14 and 15 April, Colchester Archaeological Trust held a variety of free archaeology-related in Colchester which were well-enjoyed by all.
03
Mar
Mar
This #FindsFriday we are looking at some pottery from the St Helena School excavations in October-November 2014. This particular sherd is a Gallo-Belgic ware, which was imported from the late 1st century […]
24
Feb
Feb
Today for #FindsFriday we will be looking at an amphora from our excavation at Handford House, Queens Road, in 2003-5. Some finds we uncover can cause us some logistical problems if they […]
17
Feb
Feb
Today, for #FindsFriday we will be looking at two lovely picture lamps from the Garrison Area E excavations in 2013 (see yesterday’s post for more information about the site) These were both […]
10
Feb
Feb
For this week’s #FindsFriday we have a lovely vessel from a recent site in Colchester👀 Here we have a complete Roman bowl. It is made out of black-surfaced ware 1, which dates […]
03
Feb
Feb
This #FindsFriday our Project Osteologist Meg will be discussing a type of burials known as ‘deviant burials’ So, what is a deviant burial? Deviant burials are where an individual may have been […]