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Excavation
The
hippo
dig
ended
on
the
15/10/04
after
5
weeks
of
excavation
(4
weeks
by
a
large
team
and
1
week
by
a
smaller
group).
During
that
time
we
excavated
2
areas,
Trenches
A
(the
black
hole)
and
Trench
B,
giving
us
a
better
view
point
of
many
of
the
most
fossiliferous
deposits
at
the
site.
The
techniques
used
during
the
dig
were
those
employed
in
archaeology.
This
means
that
the
site
was
taken
apart
in
more
or
less
the
opposite
way
that
it
built
up.
Layers
were
dug,
one
by
one,
with
the
position
in
which
the
bones
were
found
recorded
in
3D.
In
order
to
record
the
fossils
and
the
sediments
in
3D
surveying
equipment
was
used
as
can
be
seen
in
the
photo
below
in
the
back
of
Trench
B.
Photo
12.
Deer
The
digging
was
done
carefully
although
not
slowly
as
an
enormous
volume
of
sediment
had
to
be
dug
through.
Therefore
spades
and
mattocks
were
used
and
trowels
were
only
reverted
to
once
richer
layers
were
reached.
Sieving
of
large
volumes
of
sediment
was
also
carried
out
and
samples
were
taken
to
be
processed
later
in
the
laboratory
to
look
for
small
animals
such
as
rodents,
fish,
snails
and
beetles.
Photo
14.
Trench
B
(Trench
A
in
the
background)
in
week
3.
(Note
a
hive
of
activity).
The
excavation
was
carried
out
with
the
help
of
a
large
number
of
volunteers.
These
included:
- Glenys
Salter
- Ruth
Hatfield
- Rob
"Nobs"
Symmons
- Anne
Kilgour
- Terry
Brittin
- Laura
Church
- Diane
Siebrandt
- Linda
Seward
- Sue
Archer
- Colette
Clarke
- Deborah
Wells
- Yvette
Balbaligo
- Lyrica
Lynch
- Penny
Bickle
- Mat
Howell
- Mary
Saunders
- Christine
Messens
- Meredith
Carroll
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- Rob Dinnis
- Rob
Greenwood
- Zoe
Eleanor
- Elisa
Kelly
- Tim
Steele
- John
Nash
- Amy
Thomson
- Brian
Holden
- Gyanam
O’Sullivan
- Franziska
Grossmann
- Elizabeth
Poultney
- Meredith
Carroll
- Jamie
Robinson
- Craig
Koch
- Colin
Barras
- Chris
Stevens
- Lucy
Grimshaw
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Nadim
Safdar,
Chris
Stringer,
Nick
Ashton,
Mark
Lewis
and
Ian
Taylor
helped
for
up
to
a
day
each.
The
volunteers
included
individuals
from
around
the
country
as
well
as
from
abroad
(USA,
Germany
and
Belgium).
They
included
postgraduate
students
of
palaeontology,
social
anthropology
and
archaeology,
as
well
as
professional
archaeologists
(volunteering
to
dig!),
a
gardener,
an
IT
specialist,
civil
servants,
a
librarian,
a
cycle
courier
and
a
Harley
Street
dentist
for
the
day.
Thank
you
to
all
of
you.
We
certainly
could
not
have
done
it
without
you.
In
the
page
called
photos
(under
people)
most,
if
not
all
of
you,
can
be
seen.
The
staff
at
Norton
Subcourse
were
Phil
Rye,
John
Stewart,
Simon
Parfitt
and
Simon
Lewis.
Nigel
Larkin
our
conservator
also
attended
as
often
as
he
could.
Link
to
files
with
photos
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