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Category Archives: Experimental Archaeology

Saxon hall takes shape

November 19, 2015by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

The Carpenter’s Fellowship have been busy erecting the oak walls of the Saxon longhall. There were several delays with poor ground conditions and the discovery of bits of car and a […]

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Experimental Archaeology, Saxon, Uncategorized

A Launch into the Unknown

March 23, 2015by avalonmarshes 3 Comments

The 18th of March will forever be remembered as the day the boats were launched. With a shout of command and a concerted heave, we shifted the mighty wooden behemoths […]

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Canoe, Experimental Archaeology, Prehistory

The Glastonbury Galleon Pt.1.

June 23, 2014by avalonmarshes 1 Comment

In the foundations of one of the roundhouses at Glastonbury Lake Village, Arthur Bullied discovered what he described as part of a broken canoe made of beech. Conveniently for us, […]

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Canoe, Experimental Archaeology, Prehistory

Sheds, Shacks and Shelters Pt.2

April 22, 2014by avalonmarshes

Aided by the glorious sunshine, Rob and Bob have made some pretty substantial progress on the structure over the last couple of weeks. They began by heading out with the Avalon […]

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Experimental Archaeology, Prehistory

Tinkering with Tar

April 3, 2014by avalonmarshes

Thinking about solutions to plug our crack in the canoe, we stumbled upon an idea that had been lurking in the back of our minds for some time now- what […]

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Canoe, Experimental Archaeology

Ferrous Fascinations

March 27, 2014by avalonmarshes

Due to foul weather in January, the second in our series of workshops on prehistoric metallurgy, was postponed until now. With Spring gagging to break Winter’s grip it was time […]

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Experimental Archaeology

Paddling through Prehistory Pt. 3

March 13, 2014by avalonmarshes

It was all hands to the deck  over the last couple of Wednesdays, as work raced on with the canoe. The first task, now the canoe was back the right […]

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Canoe, Experimental Archaeology, Prehistory

Paddling through Prehistory Pt.2

March 4, 2014by avalonmarshes 1 Comment

Over the last few weeks we have stepped up work on our replica Shapwick dugout canoe quite dramatically (and our ability to utilise 21st century technology to record our progress!). […]

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Canoe, Experimental Archaeology, Prehistory

Prehistoric Pyromancy and Pottery Pt.2

February 25, 2014by avalonmarshes

…With the giant clay edifice cool and cracking, we began peeling back the layers to expose our work which lay within. The pots were still warm to the touch, coated […]

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Experimental Archaeology, Prehistory

Prehistoric Pyromancy and Pottery Pt.1

February 24, 2014by avalonmarshes 2 Comments

This Winter has already seen a range of pyrotechnical goings on at the Avalon Marshes Centre, from charcoal burning to bronze casting, this latest excursion was into the world of […]

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Experimental Archaeology, Prehistory

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