Day 21: Monday 20th July

Weather: Hot and sunny

Word of the day: Penguins and Sharks.

Quote of the day: Whilst reading the joke from the back of a Penguin chocolate bar:
Charlie: I'm disappointed with this joke.
Victoria: I'm disappointed with life.

Find of the day: This large piece of worked bone from the handle of a knife. (Below)

After the rain of the weekend, Tom was trowelling back in trench 17 to see the features once again.

Katie a BSc Archaeology student from Sheffield and Philippa a Ba History and Archaeology student from Newcastle were digging out the second vegetation feature in trench 18.

Skulls from Bawtry.

You may have read about the field school taking place at Bawtry Cemetary last week. If you are an avid follower of Charlie's Beard you will know that Charlie kept disappearing to medieval burial ground. Above is one of the skulls found. Charlotte is carefully cleaning the female medieval skull so it can then be sent for professional analysis.

Buttery Jonathan is still busy site planning. Above is the start of his site plan of trench 16.

Charlie's Beard. Still no different.

Introducing...

Name: Charlotte. A Ba Classical and Historical Arcaheology student.
Likes: Festivals, cooking and The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.
Dislikes: football post world cup, and moths.
Best Moment at the Festival: Leeds 2008 when Rage Against the Machine played Killing in the Name of.
Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be: Elton John.
If I could be involved in any archeological excavation, I'd like to excavate: Something Holocaust related like Auschwitz.

http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/m/

Name: Gregg. Ba Arcaheology.
Likes: Football, table tennis, drinking and fashion.
Dislikes: fishing, golf and markets.
Ideal Dinner Party Guests: Eva Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Alan Carr, Denzel Washinton and Alvaro.
If I was a Simpsons character and could only wear on outfit I'd wear: Slim jeans, a plain t-shirt, a cardigan and All Saints boots.
If I could be involved in any archaeological excavation, I'd like to excavate: Machu Picchu.

http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/peru/machu_picchu.html

Day 16: Monday 12th July

Weather: Rain, rain go away.

Word of the Day: Trifle and rain coats.

Find of the Day: A fragment of pottery with the word Blessed on it. This could be part of the phrase 'Blessed are the meek'. (Pictured Below)

A few weeks ago we found a snail called Sampson who became our mascot for the day. Sampson the Second came to visit the Historic Buildings field school students and brought along his friend Delila.

This week 7 students are taking part in a Historic Buildings field school. This school introduces and teaches students how to record medieval and post-medieval buildings. Students will be spending a number of days at Manor Lodge aswell as taking trips to Hardwick Hall and Monk Bretton Priory.

http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/field-schools/manor-lodge-buildings.html

Hardwick Hall: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-hardwickhall

Monk Bretton Priory: http://www.monkbrettonpriory.org.uk/

Above and below are photographs of some of the ruins at Manor Lodge being photographed by students.

Lily using a digital camera to make records of the ruins. 3 types of camera are used to photograph historic buildings. This process creates a permanent record. Firslty a digital camera is used. Secondly a 35mm with both black and white film and colour for archiving and also a Medium Format Camera. This is often used in architecture and produces a large negative. (Medium Format Camera pictured below).

A number of features have been discovered in Trench 18 recently. Samantha and Breeann have been busy trowelling the trench so the contexts become more visible and can be photographed.

Tom teaching students how to use a context sheet.

Trench 16 being prepared for photographs.

Charlie was sorely missed at site today. He is spending a few days at Bawtry Cemetery http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/field-schools-index/bawtry.html This is what an artist's impression of Charlie's Beard looks like today.