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- 1. And we're off! ...
- (News)
- ... trenches, targetted over anomolies on the geophysical survey. Unfortunately our first trench didn't turn out as expected! We were hoping to cross two ditches possibly forming some sort of enclosure, bu ...
- Created on 04 July 2015
- 2. We're in the latest 'British Archaeology' ...
- (News)
- Jigsaw is thrilled to have a six-page article published in the latest edition of 'British Archaeology' magazine! "Jigsaw: Piecing Together Cambridgeshire's Past. Archaeologists have five years to help ...
- Created on 11 December 2013
- 3. Community Archaeology Bulletin - May 2020
- (News)
- This month, we're adding to the list of online archaeological resources to help you to pursue your interest and conduct research from home. Please note that this will be the last bulletin fo ...
- Created on 22 April 2020
- 4. Another piece of the puzzle - FRAG affiliates to Jigsaw
- (News)
- We're extending a very warm welcome to the Fane Road Archaeology Group (FRAG) who have officially affiliated to the Jigsaw network of local archaeology and history groups. This is a Peterborough-based communit ...
- Created on 20 November 2017
- 5. Meeting Minutes
- (Content)
- ... each other, and we're keen to continue supporting this. To this end, the original Advisory Group continues to meet three to four times a year. This is an opportunity for representatives of all the Jigs ...
- Created on 06 September 2017
- 6. Covington fieldwalking report now out!
- (News)
- ... many of Oxford Archaeology's grey literature excavation reports. We're currently working on the Training Dig report from Covington this July. We've received our pottery and animal bone reports, and ...
- Created on 17 September 2015
- 7. Dig Days Are Over...
- (News)
- ... you'd expect people to lose things down the loo. So we're now wondering whether it's a daub pit. It smells foul, but since daub is made from horse poo, it figures. Phil's trench also continues to sur ...
- Created on 17 July 2015
- 8. The Roman Kiln, and other digs
- (News)
- ... ino coloured! Still a good firing otherwise. We're going to sell some of these at our open day - those not made by participants at the Medieval and Roman Pottery Making training courses. As fo ...
- Created on 16 July 2015
- 9. From the old into the new...
- (News)
- 13 July Today we're still finishing off digging and recording Areas 1 and 2, and the old Area 3 trenches. In Area 1, Chris is still chasing down her ditch with its lovely black fill, and still gettin ...
- Created on 13 July 2015
- 10. All the best-laid plans...
- (News)
- 12 July We arrived this morning (admittedly a bit bleary-eyed) with a great plan for the day. We had fewer volunteers on site, but were going to use the opportunity of reduced numbers to finish excavating ...
- Created on 12 July 2015
- 11. Biscuits, booze, and archaeology too...!
- (News)
- 11 July We're over half way through now, and to celebrate we're having a BBQ tonight - writing this as the BBQ fires up! James has opened 3 new trenches over various geophysical anomolies, uncoveri ...
- Created on 11 July 2015
- 12. Medieval pottery - new and old
- (News)
- 8th July Richard Mortimer from Oxford Archaeology East popped in this morning to look at our features and pottery. Richard loves Saxons, and unfortunately it looks like we're a bit late for his taste ...
- Created on 08 July 2015
- 13. Day of the Ditches
- (News)
- ... . We're looking forward to finding out, and digging up more Medieval cow and horse bones in the meantime! Our most puzzling trench remains Trench 1, which has a layer of modern burning and redeposited natu ...
- Created on 06 July 2015
- 14. Sorry
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- We're sorry, but that page cannot be found or is currently unavailable. Please use the menus or search to find the content you are looking for. ...
- Created on 02 July 2015
- 15. Final call for dig bookings
- (News)
- ... fit in a few more - so if you can come for a couple of days or more, we'd love to have you! We're surprisingly low on numbers over both dig weekends (4-5th and 11-12th) and Fri 17th, so if you work, we h ...
- Created on 17 June 2015
- 16. Dig filling up!
- (News)
- We're having a steady stream of bookings for our dig in Covington, near Kimbolton from Sat 4th - Sat 18th July. 37 people have booked so far! However, we still have spaces left, so if you'd like to ta ...
- Created on 29 April 2015
- 17. New Testpitting Guide
- (News)
- In the next two weeks, two of our affiliated groups begin excavation projects. We're hoping for good weather for them! It therefore seems timely to publish our new Jigsaw Step by Step Guide to Testpitting ...
- Created on 28 March 2014
- 18. CamDig
- (Jigsaw Groups)
- ... field: Resistivity and Magnetometry, which helped Oxford Archaeology decide where to dig with the pupils. We're also carrying out test pitting in the local area, so far finding Roman and early medieva ...
- Created on 13 February 2014
- 19. St Ives Archaeology Group
- (Jigsaw Groups)
- ... on the 1st Tuesday of the month from 7.30 - 9pm at The Dolphin, St Ives. For full information about how to join and what we're up to, go to our website. ...
- Created on 15 February 2013
- 20. P1 Fieldwalking cancelled
- (News)
- We're sorry to announce that we have had to cancel P1 Fieldwalking next Wednesday 20th February because the ground is too wet to plough. Sorry for any disappointment caused. We are asking those who ha ...
- Created on 15 February 2013