During this session, we will continue the finds processing from our excavation at Longaller Mill, including how to sort and date medieval and post-medieval pottery. The session will run from 1030-1230 at the Learning Rooms at the Museum of Somerset.
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Join us on Saturday 7th January at the Museum of Somerset for an indoor dig, lead by Julian Richards.
Our November MAYA session was held in the School Room in Castle House at the Museum of Somerset and was about archaeological finds. Coincidentally, our very first MAYA session was also held in the School Room and was also about finds, and one of our experts this November was Laura Burnett who also attended our very first session!
For our November session we had four different activity areas, all to do with the processing, identification and recording of archaeological finds. After an introductory talk by Laura about the Portable Antiquities Scheme and finds recording, we split up into four groups and took it in turns taking part in the various activities.
We had a finds washing station where the MAYANS washed finds from our test pitting day at Longaller Mill in September. We had a display of Roman pottery and flints where MAYANS could use lenses and typology drawings to try and identify the different artefacts. We also had a display of historically accurate replicas of Viking armour, weapons and other artefacts which the MAYANS could handle and try on. Finally we had asked the MAYANS to bring along any artefacts they had collected for Laura to identify and this proved to be extremely popular!
After a break we rounded up the session by filling in finds recording forms supplied by Laura. The MAYANS could either record the artefacts they had brought along or pick one of the items on display to record. A huge thank you to Laura for stepping in at short notice to help us out and also to Nessie for bringing along his amazing collection of Viking artefacts!
More details to follow.
More details to follow!
A session for members to bring anything old that they’ve found and also see examples of pottery, flint, and metalwork, found during excavation.
A session looking at how to date archaeological artefacts held at the Museum of Somerset.
Our next session will be on Saturday 2nd July in the grounds of Crowcombe Court on the Quantock Hills, where we have been invited to take part in an archaeological excavation to try and find a lost medieval manor house!
We will be meeting at Crowcombe Village Hall car park (postcode TA4 4AQ) at 10am and will finish at 2.30pm.
We will be digging, washing finds, looking at old maps and plans, plus other activities.
The excavation is being carried out by Context One Archaeological Services and there is some info about the dig on their website:
https://www.contextone.co.uk/
Please bring:
Drinks, snacks and a packed lunch
Sturdy footwear
Sun hat and sun cream and/or waterproof clothing depending on the weather
It will still be hay fever season so don’t forget your antihistamines if you are a sufferer.
Please email to book your place on this great opportunity!
Please note this is the SECOND Saturday in the month and not the first as usual.
We will be going by coach to meet Stonehenge expert Julian Richards at the Stonehenge Visitors Centre. From there Julian will take us on a guided walk around the Stonehenge landscape, looking at all the amazing archaeology associated with this famous prehistoric monument.
The coach will leave from Castle Green outside Taunton Museum at 9am on 11th June. We anticipate being back for around 5.30pm.
There will be a cost of £3 per person for the coach. Julian has kindly arranged Free Entry for all MAYA members into the Stonehenge Visitors
Centre.
There should be room for some parents to come along if interested, but they will have to pay for entry into the visitors centre.
More details will be sent out nearer the time but we wanted to give you plenty of notice for this very exciting trip! Email to book your place!
Discover prehistoric earthworks using LiDAR and then ground-truthing them in the field with Dan Broadbent. Times and locations to be confirmed.
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