It\u2019s hard to believe that it\u2019s been 10 years since we first launched MAYA back in April 2016! We wanted to go somewhere really special to celebrate, so where better than Avalon Archaeology Park where we have had so many amazing sessions over the years.<\/p>\n
The session was run for us by Marc Cox who manages the Park. He had prepared two great activities for us \u2013 painting the Iron Age round house using authentic methods, and woodworking with Neolithic and Bronze Age axes.<\/p>\n
We started out making the paint for the round house by mixing different colours of ground ochre with egg yolk and milk curds. We then made our own paint brushes from willow and horse hair. Mark had sketched out a design on the outside of the round house for us to decorate. Half the group did this while the others had a tour around the rest of the Archaeology Park, looking at the amazing Roman dining room and Saxon Long Hall. We then swapped over so everyone could take part in all activities.<\/p>\n
After this we stopped to celebrate our 10th anniversary with a special celebration cake! A big thank you to Pam for making this for us.<\/p>\n
For the last activity Marc handed round a variety of flint, copper and bronze axes. We then took it in turns to use the copper axe to chop a silver birch tree trunk in half. Marc explained that this method would have been used to construct the prehistoric wooden trackways found across the Somerset Levels.<\/p>\n
A big thank you to Marc for organising such a fantastic session for our special celebration and to everyone else who has supported MAYA over the past ten years!<\/p>\n
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