Two photos taken in Smallhythe, Kent, by Rysz Bartkowiak
during the making of Time Team Episode 6, Series 6 (1999)
From Trevor Brigham
The two photos were taken in Smallhythe, Kent, by Rysz Bartkowiak during the making of Time Team Episode 6, Series 6 (1999), where TT were looking for a 15th-century dock next to the River Rother, one of a number of episodes with MoLAS involvement.
The first pic shows Damian Goodburn making a replica section of a clinker-built hull for the programme with the help of ancient tools (and no, I don't mean Phil Harding). Read More
Damian Goodburn and Phil Harding
Fleet Valley Project (1989) "Life's Rich Tapestry"
Excavations in the Fleet Valley by the Museum of London’s Department of Urban Archaeology.
Narrated by David Bellamy
‘Welcome to the house of fun’
Written by Ian Blair
The dynamics of any archaeological excavation is largely driven by the personalities of the individuals who participated. This was amply illustrated on a small DUA site at 61 Queen Street in the City of London (QUN85), supervised by Mark Burch between October 1985-January 1986. By this point in the DUA’s evolution, most of the archaeologists had known one another for many years, and were now part of a close-knit family, who not only worked together, but played together.
Early stages of the excavation at 61 Queen Street, with burials from the graveyard of St Martin Vintry being defined. Staff from left to right: Mike Inzani, Val Horsman, Mark Burch, Gina Porter, and Damian Goodburn.
The excavation at Queen Street was in the basement of a now vacant building, with our office on the ground floor above. The small team of archaeologists included Gina Porter, Peter Cardiff, Val Horsman, Damian Goodburn, Mike Inzani, and me. The archaeological sequence included the substantial walls and integral piers of a Roman masonry building, and burials from the graveyard of the medieval church of St Martin Vintry (see Archaeology Today article below).
Archaeology apart, the site will always be etched in my memory for the variety of gambling and sporting endeavours that we managed to pursue during our breaks from the trenches, far more than any other contemporary DUA site I can remember. Read More
