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Last few minutes of field waking with our venturers as part of #Spoddenvalleyrevealed and behold! A find! We’ve an exceedingly pleased Tracie, and who can blame her? Chert anybody? #archaeology #sundaymotivation #chert4life pic.twitter.com/8W091VjVGF
— DigVentures Archaeology (@TheDigVenturers) March 25, 2018
Three of our venturers, Gale, Daniel and Emma, getting hands on with the erosion at Brown Wardle with the #Spoddenvalleyrevealed project. Can you spot flint somewhere in the pictures? pic.twitter.com/LaFFmBhw1f
— DigVentures Archaeology (@TheDigVenturers) March 25, 2018
The last day of our field walking survey with #Spoddenvalleyrevealed and it’s a super day! Tons of sun, smiles and eager eyes trying to track down any pieces of Mesolithic flint. pic.twitter.com/S2cCdFgIc7
— DigVentures Archaeology (@TheDigVenturers) March 25, 2018
Mesolithic debitage with a sneaky three pieces of “worked” flint snuck in for fun. Can you find them? Have a go, and we’ll provide the answers a bit later. #spoddenvalleyrevealed #archaeology #SaturdayMotivation #PuzzleForToday pic.twitter.com/jlEVbPfx6j
— DigVentures Archaeology (@TheDigVenturers) March 24, 2018
The piece de triomphe! We’re all wanting a chance to hold this little beauty: perfect symmetry and never fired. #spoddenvalleyrevealed pic.twitter.com/i8kABmiMeh
— DigVentures Archaeology (@TheDigVenturers) March 24, 2018
All hands on deck! We continue to handle and learn more about Mesolithic tools at the Littleborough History Centre. #spoddenvalleyrevealed #archaeology pic.twitter.com/9bKaxUpcVA
— DigVentures Archaeology (@TheDigVenturers) March 24, 2018
Steve is carefully inspecting this Mesolithic collection of microliths all from Knowle Hill, a site we visited twice this week. #spoddenvalleyrevealed #mesolithic #Saturday #archaeology #littleboroughhistorycentre pic.twitter.com/py1R2z2v2V
— DigVentures Archaeology (@TheDigVenturers) March 24, 2018
An old boundary stone marks our path on the way back to downtown Whitworth. “H” for Hundersfield but what’s on the other side? Do you know? #spoddenvalleyrevealed pic.twitter.com/JHPrzyYzUD
— DigVentures Archaeology (@TheDigVenturers) March 24, 2018
An Egyptologist in the making! Today #spoddenvalleyrevealed Tomorrow Egypt! #youngarchaeologist #studentlife pic.twitter.com/dlpjEWcuVc
— DigVentures Archaeology (@TheDigVenturers) March 24, 2018
Thoughtful Venturer in a romantic landscape #spoddenvalleyrevealed pic.twitter.com/4bukWVOjmo
— DigVentures Archaeology (@TheDigVenturers) March 24, 2018
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