[Ansteorra] Archaeology stuff

[Naima]

http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/
Archaeologists unearth ancient pits
12 December 2007 | 08:46

ARCHAEOLOGISTS preparing the ground for a new building
at an Anglo-Saxon village have discovered the remains
of three pits dating back 1,500 years.

The unexpected find, at the site in West Stow, near
Bury St Edmunds, was made during preparation work for
a new timber construction that will be home to
heritage displays and study facilities when it opens
in the summer.

It is now hoped that a mysterious black substance in
the pits will help answer age-old questions about
their purpose, and give a better understanding of
Anglo-Saxon life.

“The process of revealing West Stow's Anglo Saxon past
is fascinating,” said Alan Baxter, heritages services
manager at St Edmundsbury Borough Council, which owns
the site.

“Some of the tools are the same ones used by Stanley
West, when the original excavations were done in the
1960s. And it is tantalising to see these pits appear
only to fade away again. However the secrets that they
yield will enhance our understanding of Anglo-Saxon
life, and give visitors to the village an in-depth
experience of how it would have felt to live in the
original thriving, agrarian community.”

Although building work - which will proceed once the
archaeologists leave the site on December 31 - will
destroy the pits, the find will be fully documented
for academic use.

Lynsey Alexander, the borough council's cabinet member
for culture and sport, said: “It is a credit to the
academic rigour of the archaeological and Heritage
Services that the nature of these finds is recognised
and their value revealed. Like many other visitors, I
am intrigued to know what the black stuff is and what
it did.”

Stuck on a Christmas gifty idea:Fun Movies
http://historymedren.about.com/od/modernentertainment/tp/funfilms.htm?nl=1
(may need to copy and paste that one)






Sayyida Naima bint Rashid al-Andalusiyya, CGP
Historian, Barony of Bjornsborg
Captain of HMS Black Rose 
Ansteorran Royal Navy Flagship for the Coastal Squadron


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