Vindolanda excavations 2024. Video update #2
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- Marta Alberti-Dunn, Deputy Director of excavations at Vindolanda gives and update on the progress of the excavation season at Roman Vindolanda on Hadrian’s Wall and this video features the star small find of the season so far for our Period 2 team.
Thank you Marta for bringing history alive,i,m learning so much about the Romans.I walked the cantral sector of the Wall in May and visited Vindolanda,was blown away by the excavations and artefacts in the museum.Well done to Eric for for finding that exquisite brooch,the colours really stand out.I had the pleasure of meeting Professor Andrew Birley at the on going excavation site,i must admit to being slightly overwhelmed and tongue tied!😀
Amazing job, Martha! And what a wonderful find with the Roman brooch. You did a great job explaining the activity that’s been happening this year. I’m so sad I won’t be able to be there and therefore delighted that I can follow along through these videos. Can’t wait to see more! Kristin
"Location, location! A beautiful classic fixer-upper with marvelous country views. Don't miss this exciting opportunity .'''
Great update Marta, (nice camera work Penny). Fabulous to see what's being uncovered by the volunteers.
Hi Marta - I’m really really :) looking forward to being part of the first group in June. And I’ve got a feeling we’re going to make some amazing discoveries! See you soon!
I wish these would be longer. (Maybe a few hours?❤)
The site that keeps giving! Keep the reports coming. Amazing work by you and your team.
Thanks again Marta. Good to see the gradual reveal .... loved the drain as much as the brooch 👍
When I was growing up (now 60), my school trips, primary (Stocksfield) and grammar (Hexham), both just down the road from, would take school trips to Vindolanda, which was then just labelled as a Roman 'turret'... a very very extensive 'turret' judging by the extensive excavations you guys have done :)
Well done team, keep on discovering , the more we know, the better we understand.
I'm intrigued by the finds of coins of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth. Are they casual losses from the time of Eric Birley's excavations, or did someone deliberately leave them as a kind of time capsule?
Beautiful find! Appreciating the fresh reports!
Has anyone plotted where the trash heaps were on the site where the wood fragments with text were found? I am curious if other forts along Hadrian's Wall may have similar finds in similar locations? One thing is for certain, Romans followed many predictable patterns in their behaviors and constructions. Roman forts in Syria and Algeria follow the same patterns as those in Northern Europe. Similar rubbish heaps may simply be waiting.
How about a nice, lengthy video reading some of the letters you have discovered? I understand there are several hundred, but if you search for videos (Letters from the Roman Front & Letters from the Roman Front Lines for example) you get the sams ten or twelve letters. I think a LOT of people would love to learn about many of the others!
Is it perhaps possible to show a photo before and after to better see the difference and therefore better orient ourselves?
As a veteran of more modern times, one thing that is always a real concern of the commanding officer is his men getting bored. So I guess the buildings being built and rebuilt would have been a constant distraction from being far away from home, in a hostile environment.
In the last shot of the dig, some of the pits are filled with water? Is this from rain, or the water table?
And I know, either way this presents another challenge for excavation.
excavations are complete in that area. And in general, down to the original clay. No particular reason to keep it dry. Eventually there will be conservation of that quadrant and the swimming pool will go away.