Category: The Site Hut
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Durrington Walls Dig 2016: Refitting
The 2016 excavations at Durrington Walls uncovered a series of knapping scatters which provided the opportunity to attempt to refit the excavated flakes. This was done to determine if the scatters were in situ and to understand the reduction strategies (production methods) employed by people in the late Neolithic.
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Knowlton Dig 2016: Day 19
Yesterday we finished our final day of digging at Knowlton and it is safe to say we have had a serious case of last day syndrome.
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Knowlton Dig 2016: Days 15 & 16
Over the past two days we have extended our existing trench over an unusual C-shaped feature and opened up a new trench over part of a ring ditch.
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Knowlton Dig 2016: Days 11 & 12
The past couple of days have been a tale of two terminals from the northern ditch of the long barrow.
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Knowlton Dig 2016: Day 10
Today the main focus on the site has been on part of a C-shaped, curvilinear feature, measuring 10m in length, which showed up on a geophysical survey of the site.
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Knowlton Dig 2016: Day 8
Today we began to fully excavate half sectioned features and excavate a slot through the northern flanking ditch of the long mound.
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Knowlton Dig 2016: Day 5
As we draw nearer to the end of our first week it is clear we have made some significant progress on site.
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Knowlton Dig 2016: Day 3
Today we began to excavate some of the many cut features which have appeared on the site over the past few days.
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Knowlton Dig 2016: Days 1 & 2
So it begins! Excavations have now begun at Knowle Hill Farm, Knowlton with a trench measuring 32 x 25m opened over the site by mechanical excavator. A number of cut features were already immediately visible through the chalk including the flanking ditches of the long mound, some post holes and pits.
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