September was a busy month for MAYA as we were lucky enough to be invited along to two amazing archaeological events.<\/p>\n
On 7th<\/sup> September we attended an archaeological Craeft Fayre organised by Marc Cox from the Avalon Archaeology Park.\u00a0 The field where the fayre was held was divided into three separate time zone, the Mesolithic, the Bronze and and the Anglo Saxons.\u00a0 Our members visited each of these areas to witness demonstrations and then try out a variety of hands-on crafts.<\/p>\n We started out with the Mesolithic where we tried weaving with different types of plant fibres and preparing animal skins for tanning.\u00a0 We also watched flint knapping and fire starting demonstrations.<\/p>\n After this we moved on to the Bronze Age to watch metalworkers casting a bronze axe head which was absolutely amazing!\u00a0 We also tried making hurdles, used quern stones to grind flour, plus made beads out of shells.<\/p>\n We finished the day with the Anglo Saxons where we made coil pots and tried on chain mail armour with sword and shield.\u00a0 There were also cookery and woodworking demonstrations.<\/p>\n All in all it was an absolutely amazing day!\u00a0 A huge thank you to Marc and all the other volunteers for inviting MAYA along for the day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t