Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Chance
This flint shows a segmented edge and is thought to have been used to “saw” bone or antler
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Flint finds passed through the fence. The right hand flint is thought to be Palaeolithic and was purposely buried in one of the pits by the Neolithic people.
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
General view showing the current 1m square digging technique
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
General view showing the edge of Alexandra Keillers’ original 1930’s digging. It was important to establish were this finished in order to map out the site’s extent.
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Image credit: Chance - Aug 2013
Although news of the latest dig at Avebury failed to make it to the TMA in real time, you can catch up with some of the events here......
West Kennet Avenue Settlement Site – ntarchaeostonehengeaveburywhs.wordpress.com
English Heritage has been given £80m in the government’s Spending Review as part of plans for the organisation to become a charity. Some of the £80m awarded by the government will help to set up the charity so it will be fully operational by March 2015.
Thursday 5th September 2013 2.15 pm
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham SN15 3QN
An insight into two of the richest archaeological sites in the country. This talk will help you explore these ancient landscapes and celebrate their contribution to our understanding of our prehistoric ancestors. Limited 30 people
Admission £3.50 (concessions £2.50). Spaces are limited so please buy your ticket in advance. Telephone 01249 705500 or visit our Help Desk at the History Centre. (Payment by credit/debit card or cheque available for the purchase of 2 or more tickets).
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham SN15 3QN
Ever wondered what the county archaeology team based in the History Centre does?
Curious to take a tour of the Conservation Labs upstairs?
Maybe you would like to find out about recent excavations, hoards and the work of local archaeology field units?
The Archaeology and Conservation Fair on Sunday 14th July at the History Centre is a fantastic FREE event with stands from 20 local archaeological organisations and a programme of free 10 minute talks that will tell you all about archaeology in the county.
Open from 11am to 4pm, the fair includes stands from Wiltshire’s museums, Wessex archaeology, the National Trust and English Heritage. There will be plenty to interest visitors of all ages, including information on courses, volunteering, and fieldwork. Younger visitors will enjoy making their own Stonehenge, trying out a sandpit dig, handling a range of real objects and finding out about the Young Archaeologists clubs running in Wiltshire and Swindon. The ten minute talks’ programme will run throughout the day and includes talks on the First World War project, Finding the Forgotten, the conservation of a large Romano-British pot found in Highworth, recent surveys, excavations and the discovery of 2 important early iron age hoards. Please see the full talks programme for times of individual talks. Tours of the conservation labs will run all day and you can visit the county archaeology service to find out about their work and see the Historic Environment Register demonstrated.
For further information on this event see the History Centre events page
Unusual Places in Switerland
French website with page on Lutry showing plans and details of stones
