A hearthy weekend rolling stones...

Fireplace and flagstones in hearth

In the north-east section of the TARDIS, Los Increibles and The Rolling Stones enjoyed getting filthy during the first weekend of excavation. Major lifestyle choices were affected as OHS demanded that Josh abandon the college student uniform of bare feet and shorts and discover the wonderful world of shoes.

While Los Increibles had a large brick fireplace and hearth to dig around, The Rolling Stones were confronted by apparently bare squares and thus dug cautiously in standardized depths. Both groups sought extra information regarding the historical building, seeking material that would enable dating or enable us to better understand the lives of its former occupants.

The Rolling Stones found various elements of a door knob and lock, as well as window material located a metre away from the doorway and walls. Los Increibles found that the flagstones in the hearth had been placed in a different soil to that of the rest of the square, perhaps a sand to assist laying a flat floor. Two tiny beads were also found which while apparently innocuous, were red and blue glass, colours which required the use of expensive materials such as gold and cobalt in the manufacture. Such beads, albeit in small quantities, may suggest a moderately wealthy household, as well a female presence, while the item identified by The Rolling Stones as a possible marble implies occupation by children. The Rolling Stones explored the floor of the hut, discovering that a very compacted sand area lay over clay. Even given the disturbing lack of facial hair present - the true mark of an archaeologist - excellent progress was made over the first two days of excavation.