I was supposed to be excavating at Vindolanda last month. Here's some of the things that saw the light of day in my absence. Not news of course to my archaeology pals.
Tiles and bricks with animal footprints are always fun. These were made on site and if you close your eyes and use your imagination a bit you can still hear the sound of the wandering mutt getting yelled at for strolling across the drying area.
Some things were not made on site but were modified there. A nice pottery shard from Gaul...with scratched on graffitti. "Nobilis" wanted to make sure nobody else used his pot for, er, whatever this was actually used for.
Some technologies don't change much. Pretty beads have been in use for longer than history has been recorded. And are the same today.
Another design that really can't be improved upon. A 3rd century AD pickaxe. They really should have posed a modern one next to it.
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