OstiaAnticaDig
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sponsors have had no choice but to pull out. if anyone is interested in sponsoring our project, please get in touch.
3:15 AM Dec 1st
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Unfortunately it looks as if the project may not continue. The global economic meltdown has finally caught up with our little site and our
3:14 AM Dec 1st
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many apologies for so few tweets. This season has now ended and it was a great big rush to the end!
1:56 AM Sep 23rd
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Recording at full speed today. Context sheet city.
12:43 PM Sep 17th
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W can't excavated the truncated bath complex beneath but we are finding the tops of the truncations. Absolutely fascinating!
12:40 PM Sep 16th
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In northern portico the wallplaster has fallen directly onto the mortar floor below. This raises the question of whether paving was there.
12:39 PM Sep 16th
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The medieval walls at certain points seem bottomless and we han't find any sign of a construction cut. Proving baffling for me!
12:37 PM Sep 16th
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We now know the porticoed entrance to the forum cuts through a wall of the demolished baths under the forum, both cut an early road.
12:35 PM Sep 16th
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Small finds keep coming in, I've lost count of the amount of coins we have found but one of our diggers found a ring!
12:35 PM Sep 16th
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A two day storm has effected the twittering from the site. That doens't mean that work has been delayed though!
12:34 PM Sep 16th
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And all this is on top of truncated late antique and imperial buildings.
9:55 PM Sep 12th
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We are sifting through medieval occupation layers. Have a possible medieval mortar floor.
9:53 PM Sep 12th
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Progress has upped now the students are more confident.
9:51 PM Sep 12th
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Still getting lots of coins but none diagnostic without cleaning first. Our med wall keeps on going though.
5:07 AM Sep 10th
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Sondages are going in and there's more complex stratigraphy here than you could shake a stick at. Great stuff!
12:26 PM Sep 9th
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New coin record. Ashley has found 5 today.
6:29 AM Sep 9th
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Excavation has slowed due to the need for photographing the site.
1:58 AM Sep 9th
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47 test pits in 4 days. Mosaics galore, and a stamped tile floor. This site rocks!
10:11 AM Sep 7th
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Work on the palestra is continuing apace. Found a rubbish dump full of decorative pot.
3:16 AM Sep 7th
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Possible drain located, yipee!
12:10 PM Sep 6th
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- Name Excavations 09
- Location Ostia Antica, Italy
- Web http://www.latean...
- Bio Follow this seasons dig in Ostia Antica. Students from University of Kent and UCLA are excavating a late Roman Forum.
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