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✨👷🏻‍♀️ Introducing Holly, our new #𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 Manager, who'll be leading our brand-new Geoarchaeology Department. Massive hello to Holly! 👋😁 ⛏️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆? It's the study of subsurface soil sediments, that helps us predict where buried #history may lie and what condition it could be in. Through methods like borehole surveys and hand-auguring, we can create cores of earth that reveal layers of the past with pinpoint accuracy. 🌍 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿? Understanding past environments and the location of buried #archaeology helps us plan fieldwork and preserve #heritage – it's about safeguarding our shared history. 💬 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱? Holly's written a little more on Geoarchaeology, available here: cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/ge… #CAArchTeam #Preservation #SedimentAnalysis #HistoryInTheGround #WelcomeHolly 🎉

355,000m2 of excavations. More than 100 archaeologists and office-based specialists. Over 100,000 hours excavating and curating... Close to 10,700 artefacts... Weighing in at 100kg... That's our work on the #A417Archaeology 💪🤯 In the #Gloucestershire soil we’ve found #prehistoric flint tools, pottery from the #Neolithic, #BronzeAge, #IronAge and #Roman periods, countless coins and items of jewellery, and *that* Banjo enclosure that was likely used for impressive feasting 👷🏼‍♀️⚱👷🏽‍♂️ If you can come to our open day this 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 – 𝟯𝗽𝗺 in the #Gloucester Guildhall, you can see the finds and speak to our teams. Alternatively, here's some more info on what we've found: cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/a4… 👀 🤩 #OCAArchTeam #A417MissingLink #Archaeology #Gloucestershire @HighwaysSWEST @oatweet @kiergroup @Arup @GlosGuildhall