Back in Trench 2 at the Flag Fen Archaeology Park evaluation we’re starting to investigate a second layer of wood and timbers now that the upper deposit has been recorded and removed. We’re excited to see what we’re going to find!

We’ve improvised a bit of shelter on the Flag Fen Archaeology Park evaluation to help with the light levels in Trench 2. The low winter light can make it really difficult when working with archaeology. Making conditions a little more consistent can be a big help when tackling complicated areas.

In Trench 3 we’ve removed several of the upright timbers that make up the Flag Fen Archaeology Park post alignment. This post is most likely oak and still has the beautifully shaped tip, complete with the impressions left behind by the axes that made it.

Then on Tuesday the 26th and Wednesday 27th of July, members of the Must Farm team will be at Flag Fen with a selection of artefacts from the site. To book tickets for the talks and to find out more information, visit Flag Fen’s Events page here flagfen.org.uk/events 2/2

Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers for making our first ever Career Day a huge success. #CareerDay #CareerFair#we are a star#

The archaeologist was me! I went to a careers fair to talk about archaeology and working in archaeology :)

The girls also got the opportunity to find out more about their career paths and journeys in our panel discussion session. teamwork# We Are a Star#

Archaeologist Petra Jones showing our students examples of prehistoric pottery #WeAreStar#

We’re thrilled to have uncovered this stunning decorated Grooved Ware vessel in the bottom of a pit at the Bill Needingworth quarry. Dating to approximately 2900-2400 BC, the pot was probably placed in the pit whole and collapsed from the weight of soil above it. More soon.

We decided to block lift this incredible complete vessel from the Bill Needingworth quarry so that we can carefully excavate and sample its contents back at our office. This is a very rare find, as most Grooved Ware pottery assemblages are made up of small fragments.

We’ve finished excavating the beautiful Grooved Ware vessel from the Bill Needingworth quarry!

OA and Cambridge Archaeological Unit collaborated on refitting pottery sherds found at the Gilden Way Neolithic causewayed enclosure in #Harlow #Essex. See how the team worked on the refit hosted @Cambridge_SHSS at the link below oxfordarchaeology.com/news/harlow-po… 1/4

Refitting the pottery found at one enclosure helps us understand whether the vessels were broken specifically to be deposited at the site or just from regular daily use. And when we can refit some of them, we can figure out what they were used for. 3/4

We’ve really enjoyed collaborating with Oxford Archaeology on this fantastic project examining over 8,000 sherds of pottery from a causewayed enclosure. More info here ow.ly/7uJt50P33oq

missing site days

An amazing assemblage to work on and record!

During earlier work at Tarmac Broom South Quarry a single pit produced a fascinating collection of Early Bronze Age pottery. A total of 54 sherds of finely decorated and rusticated vessels, typically non-funerary Beaker Ware, were found in a single fill.

These Beaker pot sherds came from a pit at Tarmac's Broom South Quarry. The feature was also able to tell us more about the landscape during the Early Bronze Age. Samples revealed over 100 charcoal fragments including oak, ash & field maple and charred cereal grains of

We were very excited to find this fantastic base of a Middle Iron Age pot at Tarmac's Broom South Quarry. With a La Tène-style decoration consisting of three blank circles with incised lines and an outer line, this is an unusual find.

It’s always a great feeling when we can refit sherds together, like this Middle Iron Age Scored Ware pot. Found at the Tarmac Broom South Quarry, these sherds could be refitted to create around 30% of the original vessel with its distinctive, erratic scored patterns.