What can we learn from tiny artefacts which are too small and fragile to dig up? How do we get them out of the soil and what sorts of things can we find?
This session will take place in the Learning Rooms of the Museum of Somerset.
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Please note this is the Second Saturday in June.
A visit to the Somerset Heritage Centre, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton. Please note: This is the second Saturday in the month as the Somerset Records Office in the Heritage Centre will be open.
How did people in the past preserve animal skins, hides and furs and what did they use them for? A lively session with the return of Sally Herriett from our Launch event.
Many of you will remember Peeps, the star of our Launch event last April (with apologies to Phil Harding!) In January Peeps will be returning for a unique MAYA session where we will be finding out what Peeps and other owls eat and learn how tiny animal bones can be useful to archaeologists.
Come along to the launch of Mick Aston’s Young Archaeologists, with special guest Phil Harding from TV’s “Time Team”!
10am – 4pm Saturday 9th April in the Learning Room at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton.
- Handle and identify archaeological artefacts
- Indoor archaeological dig… Try your hand at being an archaeologists!
- Make your own Bronze Age brooch out of paper
- Find out how the “geophys” machines of the “Time Team” work
- Meet Bony Tony!
And lots more… 
All welcome!
The South West Heritage Trust presents an Experimental Archaeology Day with MAYA! 10am – 3.30pm. Family event with free entry.
Join the Hands on Heritage Team for a day of making, moulding, melting and getting messy!
Delve into the crafts of our ancestors to discover how wood is turned on a pole lathe, how to melt metal into jewellery or make pottery from clay. Explore our re-constructed Roman Dining Room and venture into our Saxon Longhall. A chance to meet Julian Richards from TV’s Meet the Ancestors!
Sensible clothing and footwear advised.
With Laura Burnett.
Join us for a chance to dig on a real excavation! The South Somerset Archaeological Research Group (SSARG) has invited MAYA to join them for a day at their excavation of a Roman rural settlement near Martock. More information will be sent out to our members by email later this month. Members will also need to sign up for this visit in advance so keep a look out in your inbox!
with Chris Webster and Shonie Millward.
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