Vela Spila, Vela Luka

September, 2017

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A bone with a possible tally?
Burial.
The Dig-In workshop begins with a game identifying tools and their use.
Then a "Plot the Box" game, where accurate measurements and understandable diagrammes are needed to win.
It's not as easy as it looks !
Next drawing skills are used to guide others to the chosen artefact.
Examples of students' results.
Wet sieving is useful for finding fragments of charcoal, bone, shells and pottery.
More images of young archaeologists are here.
Time to get your hands dirty.
Finds have to be cleaned and sorted.
Even the tiniest fragments can help tell a story.
The wonderfully helpful firemen of Vela Luka take the group to the cave.
Archaeologists explain what they are doing and why.
Digging a well-plotted test-pit attracks attention; the students explain what they are doing.
More images of young archaeologists are here.
Soil is sieved and records are carefully kept.


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