29th April 2008, 11:46 AM
Not a digging one exactly, but I remember a slightly embaressing incident the first time I ever exacavated the contents of a BA cremation urn in the lab. I suddenly started finding bits of what looked like carbonised textile in the fill and became terribly excited, thinking I'd found a rare example of preserved Bronze Age clothing.
Thankfully before anyone really embaressed themselves by phoning anyone important at the British Museum, the conservator worked out it was actually the rather crumbly remains of one of the bandages that had been wrapped round it during the lifting process[:I]
Thankfully before anyone really embaressed themselves by phoning anyone important at the British Museum, the conservator worked out it was actually the rather crumbly remains of one of the bandages that had been wrapped round it during the lifting process[:I]