Well, we’re just about at our last week excavating the Covesea Caves. Has it been nearly 3 weeks already? Today our team up excavation in Covesea Cave 1 and are preparing to work in the remaining caves for this final week.
Meanwhile in our “zooarchaeology lab“, detailed analysis is revealing a lot more about the remains that have been recovered by the excavation team. For example, more evidence of anthropogenic modification (for example, butchery) has been observed, which will be vital information for the overall interpretation of these sites.
The next few cave sites are relatively smaller than Covesea Cave 1 and 2, so there may be less “exciting” finds this week. However, there will still be a lot to learn from excavating and examine the stratigraphy of the sites.
Today’s Find of the Day is probably one of the more exciting artefacts that have been recovered: it’s a whetstone! Note the striations marked on the stone – this shows that it had been used many times in the past.
The Covesea Caves Project 