17th November 2005, 09:17 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Post-Med PottererAlso worked on the afore mentioned site - the find that got some of us on site excited though was a neolithic axe and associated pottery rather than the torcs, meanwhile the site hit front pages in the national press even getting a couple of inches in the the financial times (must be a first for archaeology appearing in the FT) - just shows the difference between the public getting excited over bright shiny things and the diggers prefering scruffy flint and broken pot.
One of the first sites I dug out of Uni at the very beginning of the 1990s was at a place called Snettisham in Norfolk, where I worked under the direction of Ian Stead of the British Museum. No further explanation needed I am sure to such a learned bunch as frequent this site. Nothing I have ever found since has come even remotely close to this gold-tastic experience.
If Post-Med Potterer is interested the dig team photos are posted on a site http://www.archdiggers.co.uk/diggers/frameset.html under photo galleries snettisham which one was you I'm the one kneeling in all the shots - be nice tro catch up with one of theold crew.