Saturday, March 14, 2009
Coffin Plates
This week we got the two coffin plates back from the Bermuda Maritime Museum. The BMM stabilized the two copper alloy artefacts and they have been returned to Saint Peter's.
Spring Excavations
Over the last two weeks we have returned to St. George for a brief excavation period to mitigate Ming House, a site we briefly excavated last summer. We extended last summer's to the south in order to get a better idea of the depositional processes at the site. We finished the trench a few days ago and it confirmed the site has been transformed by modern processes. Throughout the soil column historic artefacts from the 18th and 19th centuries were mixed with recent objects. A plastic spork was found next to a piece of green feather-edged creamware. Throughout our dig the unstable nature of the soil column was made manifest by a series of sidewall collapses.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Archaeology Open Day
We had the Archaeology Open Day yesterday at St. Peter's Church Hall and got a good turn out. The artefacts were on show and the interactive 3D model of the churchyard was available for people to view. Plus the archaeologists gave tours of one of the crypts.Thanks to Brent, Travis, Hope and Sara for all their hard work.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Well we had a media blitz this week with an article in the local newspaper, the Royal Gazette (see link below.)
Also Brent was interviewed by one of the local TV stations, ZBM News and it aired on Tuesday night. Brent was so mortified that he couldn't watch his own performance. This uncharacteristic show of humility didn't last long so the rest of the team now have to deal with 'Hollywood' Brent Fortenberry. He was even asked for his autograph. Good grief!
Richard
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