Revealing the past – for everyone’s benefit

‼️Fresh from the Trench!‼️This beautiful near-complete slack-shoulder pottery vessel was discovered by our #CASiteTeam during summer excavations of a Middle to Late Iron Age settlement near Bedford.

The term ‘slack-shouldered’ pottery, refers to the shape of the pottery shoulder, so named because it lacked definition. They were usually hand-made bowls or jars that probably had a variety of functions including storage and food preparation. They were popular throughout the Middle to Late Iron Age in the South Midlands when they began to replace a sizable proportion of pre-existing pottery traditions.

Post-excavation for the site is yet to begin, but preliminary analysis hints at a possible long-standing settlement reflecting a shift to higher ground beyond the river valleys with intensive occupation. We’re very excited about what we predict will be very important contributions to our understanding of Iron Age activity in the region.

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The #CAArchTeam`s excavations at Trinity Lane, Sodbury, Gloucestershire, found evidence of an unenclosed Late Iron Age settlement that was later levelled to make way for a more substantial Roman farmstead�.
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One of the Roman enclosure ditches had a fantastic assemblage of finds, including animal bone, a residual mid 1st–mid 2nd-century copper-alloy brooch, a spoon fragment, a possible penannular bracelet fragment, two coins and the burial of a non-adult.
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🔎 Why are ancient trees so often found along banks around a woodland? Why are industrial sites often located near woodlands? What does the archaeological evidence of historic forestry practices look like? And how can we find archaeology hidden beneath tree canopies without ever putting a spade in the ground? 🌳

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Our excavations near Wendover, Buckinghamshire, have provided an unexpectedly vivid look into life on the fringes of a Roman settlement.

The site produced a wealth of Roman archaeology, from the everyday to the unusual, including a burial of a neonate placed within a jar and accompanied by the remains of two birds 🦆 We also uncovered at least three stone-built corn dryers featuring unusually curved flues, suggesting the community was engaged in arable farming as part of their daily activities.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 "𝗪𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥" 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗢𝗪 to join us at our 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 on the 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟳𝗽𝗺, when Jo, Sarah and Frankie will be giving a full run down of what was uncovered and what it all means.

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On a plateau above the River Avon, the #CASiteTeam excavated two sites in Eckington that appear to represent typical low-status settlements transitioning from the Iron Age into the Roman period. Evidence included Iron Age enclosures and roundhouses, followed by Roman enclosures and a small number of human and animal burials.

While these may have been fairly typical rural settlements, the excavation still uncovered a number of notable artefacts. These included a decorated antler toggle or horse-harness cheek piece, an enamelled brooch, and a cast bronze bull`s head terminal, possibly from a fire dog.

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