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- 21. Biscuits, booze, and archaeology too...!
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- 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
- 22. Medieval pottery - new and old
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- 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
- 23. Of cabbages and kings
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- ... leted excavating their Medieval ditch (I said there were a lot of ditches!) and took their photographs this afternoon. Tomorrow morning they're going to learn the intricacies of context recording, before ...
- Created on 07 July 2015
- 24. And we're off! ...
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- ... 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
- 25. Summer is icumen in
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- ... of April were very well received and attended. Last Saturday we ran our first resisitivy geophysics course at Anglesey Abbey (see picture right). We are surveying some features in the grounds of Anglesey ...
- Created on 14 May 2014
- 26. Great start to 2014 training
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- ... them through ways of identifying their flint assemblage. 22 people attended the courses, and many of these people were new to Jigsaw and Jigsaw groups, which is great news! The next courses are on Saturda ...
- Created on 13 February 2014
- 27. Autumn Update
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- ... because we weren't expecting it). In the other we found an extremely large number of finds, ranging from the very modern (plastic figurines), to the very old (Saxon pottery) and the very random (a sythe! ...
- Created on 10 September 2013
- 28. Magnetometry training
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- Jo and Jemima were trained in geophysical magnetometry survey using our FM256 Fluxgate Gradiometer by Peter Masters of Cranfield University today. It's more complicated than resistivity! We spent a lon ...
- Created on 16 May 2013
- 29. 'Spring' projects begin!
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- ... were trained by Nicholas James last August at one of our Jigsaw training courses! Our new Archaeology Action Groups, St Ives Archaeology Group (STAG) and RamArch (Ramsey) are busily wading through grou ...
- Created on 02 April 2013
- 30. Successful first two courses
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- ... finds specialists at Oxford Archaeology East. Despite being a repeat course from last year, we were overwhelmed with bookings. This was a basic introduction to identifying pottery and bone artefacts: w ...
- Created on 11 February 2013
- 31. 'Tis the season to be digging
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- ... Community Primary School, families and members of the local community. We were thrilled with the amount of interest generated! If you were there and would be interested in doing more archaeology in the ...
- Created on 26 June 2012
- 32. Eltisley Moats dig
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- ... venture. Eltisley Local History Group, Newton Primary School and students from Hills Road Sixth Form and the Perse School were involved. The Jigsaw team went along to help and find out more ...
- Created on 10 October 2011
- 33. Spreading the word
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- ... about artefacts excavated locally in recent yearsand helping children have a go at archaeology. We met a number of people who were really interested in joining Jigsaw. ...
- Created on 26 September 2011
- 34. Equipment Resource
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- ... the premises. Consumables Consumables are available for Jigsaw groups and volunteers to purchase. Items were purchased by Jigsaw in bulk and are available for sale at cost-value in small or large amounts ...
- Created on 05 September 2011
- 35. FRAG Talk 'Warboys Iron Age Settlement' by Steve Graham
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- FRAG Talk 'Warboys Iron Age Settlement' by Steve Graham Date 03.02.2020 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Created on 07 February 2020
- 36. FEAG talk ‘Research into ancient Egyptian funerary culture’ by Melanie Pitkin
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- FEAG talk ‘Research into ancient Egyptian funerary culture’ by Melanie Pitkin Date 11.28.2019 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Created on 28 August 2019
- 37. Peterborough Museum talk 'Bronze Age hoards at Bradley Fen and Must Farm' by Mark Knight
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- Peterborough Museum talk 'Bronze Age hoards at Bradley Fen and Must Farm' by Mark Knight Date 10.17.2019 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Created on 16 August 2019
- 38. HIAG talk 'Wimpole Iron Age and Roman Site' by Paddy Lambert
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- HIAG talk 'Wimpole Iron Age and Roman Site' by Paddy Lambert Date 10.14.2019 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Created on 20 August 2019
- 39. FEAG talk 'Analysis of Human-Animal Burials in Neolithic Britain' by Leah Damman
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- FEAG talk 'Analysis of Human-Animal Burials in Neolithic Britain' by Leah Damman Date 04.11.2019 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Created on 28 February 2019
- 40. Peterborough Museum talk 'The Barnack Beaker burial: The grave of an important man from the first age of metal' by Neil Wilkin
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- Peterborough Museum talk 'The Barnack Beaker burial: The grave of an important man from the first age of metal' by Neil Wilkin Date 11.06.2018 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Created on 22 October 2018