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Friday, May 6, 2022

Vindolanda 2022 Day Ten - Soggy Farewells

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Only the half way mark for my one month excavating stay but for most of my digging mates it was the last day.  The weather was not cooperati...
Thursday, May 5, 2022

Vindolanda 2022 Day Nine - A Good Day

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Perfect weather today.  Yesterday evening we actually had sun and brisk winds.  This dries the site off quickly.    We were working in the s...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Vindolanda 2022 - Day Eight....Rain

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Weather is always a gamble on an archaeological dig.  A certain amount of mist and gentle rain is actually helpful.  But, as happened today,...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Vindolanda 2022 Day Seven - Happy Bunny Edition

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First a bit of Roman fun....a nice bottle lip.  Interesting how the technology has not changed in 2000 years. Here is Happy Bunny number one...
Monday, May 2, 2022

Vindolanda 2022 - Day Six

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Because everyone likes neat finds, here's something my friend Pete dug up a few trenches over.  Image is from the official Vindolanda si...
Saturday, April 30, 2022

Vindolanda 2022 - Day Five....Implausible Discoveries

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Ye Gads the weather was nice today.  Shirt sleeves and sun screen.  Why, one does not even object to the necessary but mundane chore of wash...
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Thursday, April 28, 2022

Vindolanda 2022 - Day Four

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A day of incremental progress.  We lowered our floor level a bit.  Fewer exciting finds today although I did find this.  Once a roman spear ...