Rendlesham behind the scenes: metalworking evidence from Rendlesham 2023

Featured image: Volunteers finding metalworking waste at the excavations Eleanor Blakelock is the Rendlesham Revealed project archaeometallurgist, who specialises in investigating metalworking assemblages from the past. She has completed the initial analysis of the artefacts excavated from Rendlesham in 2023. Eleanor is our guest writer this week to tell us more. Although a long and

Rendlesham behind the scenes: Glass objects from Rendlesham 2022-2023

Featured image: Glass vessel fragment (SF 129) found in the refuse disposal area excavated in 2022 Dr Rose Broadley is the Rendlesham Revealed project specialist for glass artefacts and has completed the initial analysis of the glass excavated from Rendlesham in 2022 and 2023. Rose is our guest writer this week to tell us more.

Rendlesham behind the scenes: metal objects from Rendlesham 2023

Featured image: early medieval pin from Rendlesham Faye Minter is the Rendlesham Revealed project specialist for metal objects and has completed the initial analysis of the artefacts excavated from Rendlesham in 2023. Faye is our guest writer this week to tell us more. 110 metal small finds were recovered from across the three trenches excavated

Rendlesham behind the scenes: Feasts and beasts – Recent zooarchaeological discoveries at Rendlesham

Featured image: animal bone Following the excavations at Rendlesham last year, the specialists have been analysing the material and we are now seeing the results. Matilda Holmes, Archaeozoologist, has examined the animal bone excavated from Rendlesham in 2022 and 2023.  Matilda is our guest writer this week to tell us more. Feasting The last two

Rendlesham behind the scenes: the final year of post-excavation processing

Featured image: Volunteers examining soil samples for artefacts and ecofacts, using a magnet to pick out hammerscale Since October 2023, the post-excavation work has been ongoing, following the end of the third and final season of excavation at Rendlesham, as part of our community archaeology project Rendlesham Revealed A group of volunteers have been processing

Rendlesham behind the scenes: Post-Excavation; a progress update

Featured image: volunteers finishing to process the last of the soil samples to extract finds from the residues The post-excavation processing is drawing to an end. Over the past 6 months, more than 80 volunteers have been hard at work processing all the material from last summer’s Rendlesham Revealed excavations, with training and support from

Rendlesham behind the scenes: Post-Excavation; revealing the detail

Featured image:: volunteers in the Cotswold Archaeology warehouse processing and recording the excavated material from Rendlesham After four busy months, the post-excavation work has made excellent progress thanks to the hard work of volunteers processing the material excavated last summer as part of the Rendlesham Revealed project. This week, volunteer Jonathan is our guest writer,

Rendlesham behind the scenes: Post-excavation work continues & Mandy’s star finds

Featured image: Mandy holding a piece of Roman Glass The post-excavation work continues, with volunteers processing the excavated material discovered at Rendlesham in summer 2022, as part of our community archaeology project Rendlesham Revealed. This week volunteer Mandy tells us more about her experience and a few of her star finds from the environmental samples. I

Pottery from Rendlesham – Excavations 2021

Sue Anderson, a freelance specialist is the Rendlesham Revealed project specialist for pottery and has completed the initial analysis of the pottery excavated from Rendlesham last summer. Sue is our guest writer this week to tell us more. The identification and recording of the pottery from the site involves dividing sherds into ‘fabrics’ – the

Glass artefacts from Rendlesham – Excavations 2021

Featured image: identifying a glass fragment using an eye-glass. Dr Rose Broadley is the Rendlesham Revealed project specialist for glass artefacts and has completed the initial analysis of the glass excavated from Rendlesham last summer. Rose is our guest writer this week to tell us more. My first step after receiving the glass finds from Rendlesham was