Archaeocast 10: A Saxon Cemetery at Collingbourne Ducis
Archaeocast visits the site of a Saxon cemetery as it is excavated in the village of Collingbourne Ducis, in Wiltshire UK.
Listen to Project Officer Kev Ritchie explain how archaeologists use machinery to help us strip off the topsoil and identify hard-to-spot graves. Sue Nelson explains what it is like to dig a skeleton, and Neil Fitzpatrick talks about Saxon cemeteries and what one might find inside a Saxon grave.
This podcast really reflects what it is like to work as an archaeologist on a busy building site, and the recording contains louder sections where machinery is used nearby.
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Tags: Archaeocast, cemetery, podcast, Saxon
December 4th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
This hasn’t shown up in iTunes yet. May want to check the feed is working.
December 5th, 2007 at 10:15 am
It seems that we’re having problems with our feed, and none of our podcasts are showing up in iTunes at all.
Thanks for letting us know.
I will post a comment here when it’s back up and running…
December 5th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
OK - all fixed! Please let us know if you are still having problems.
December 5th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Fascinating podcast, and very professional too - I was thinking at one point while listening to Archaeocast 10 that this would have been totally at home as party of a BBC Radio 4 programme, such was the quality and presentation. Keep up the excellent work!!!
Bryan Hollamby,
Northern Greece