Following the third and final season of Rendlesham Revealed excavations in September 2023, a team of volunteers continued the post-excavation work on the excavated material at the Cotswold Archaeology warehouse in Needham Market, and specialists have completed their initial analysis of the material, revealing some interesting discoveries!
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The final year of post-excavation processing
Volunteers have finished processing nearly 40kg of bulk finds (pottery and animal bone) and over 130 Registered Artefacts.
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Zooarchaeological discoveries - behind the scenes with Matilda Holmes
Matilda Holmes, Archaeozoologist, has examined the animal bone excavated from Rendlesham in 2022 and 2023 revealing some interesting discoveries.
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Metal Objects - behind the scenes with Faye Minter
Faye Minter, metal finds specialist, has completed the initial analysis of the 110 metal objects excavated from the excavations at Rendlesham in 2023.
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Glass - behind the scenes with Rose Broadley
Rose Broadley, the project's specialist for glass artefacts, has made some interesting discoveries about the small glass fragments excavated from Rendlesham in 2022 and 2023.
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Metalworking - behind the scenes with Eleanor Blakelock
Eleanor Blakelock, the project archaeometallurgist, explores the exciting evidence of metalworking processes recovered from Rendlesham in 2023, including clay moulds and crucible fragments, which points to a metal workshop nearby.
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Human Remains - behind the scenes with Sue Anderson
The excavations at Rendlesham in the smaller trench (Trench 15) uncovered unexpected graves. Since then, the specialist, Sue Anderson, has examined the human remains and radiocarbon dates have been returned.
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