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Roonka Excavations - East Bank Trench 2 (EB2)

Archive Collections / Graeme Lloyd Pretty / Series AA 255/16 / Roonka Excavations - East Bank Trench 2 (EB2)

Eight notebooks detailing survey data, excavation work done and samples collected at the location named "Roonka Excavations - East Bank Trench 2 (EB2)".

  1. Roonka Excavations East Bank Trench 2 (EB2) 1982, Survey.
    This notebook details the survey measurements that locate the samples collected from the trench at the East Bank 2 site.
    The entries are dated 20/11/1982 - 6/12/1982.
    There are several black-and-white photographs on various pages.
    Attached to the back cover is a scale plan showing the locations of pegs 1, 3 and 4 (referred to in entries dated 27/11/1982) and skeletons 1 - 4 (descriptions 6 pages from the back of the notebook).

  2. Roonka Excavations East Bank Trench 2 (EB2) Eastern Quad, Trench Book.
    The entries are dated 21/10/1982 - 25/11/1982.
    This notebook contains a description of excavation work done. This includes details of finds and samples. There are numerous detailed maps of this work showing the locations of the finds and samples by layer and level in the trench.
    There is a loose sheet inside the front cover which appears to be a record of photographic slides.

  3. Roonka Excavations East Bank Trench 2 (EB2) Western Quad, Trench Book.
    The entries are dated 20/11/1982 - 5/12/1982.
    This notebook is made up of a series of detailed maps of the work in the Eastern Quadrant of Trench 2, showing descriptions and locations of the finds and samples by layer and level.

  4. Roonka Excavations East Bank Trench 2 (EB2) General Survey 1982, Finds.
    There are four finds listed with brief descriptions and four skeletons with location details.

  5. Roonka Excavations East Bank Trench 2 (EB2) 1982, Carbon Samples.
    The items are listed by Sample number, Level, Layer, Quadrant (east or west) and Description.
    There are 22 samples listed, all undated.

  6. Roonka Excavations East Bank Trench 2 (EB2), Soil Samples.
    There are 5 samples listed in this notebook - Sample Number, Quad, Level, Layer and Description.

  7. Roonka Excavations East Bank Trench 2 (EB2), General Debris.
    There are no entries in this notebook.

  8. Roonka Excavations East Bank Trench 2 (EB2), Day Book.
    The entries are dated 18/11/1982 - 4/12/1982.
    Pages with entries are numbered 1 - 65.
    This notebook contains a description of excavation work done. This includes details of finds and samples. There are numerous detailed plans of this work showing the locations of the finds and samples by layer and level in the trench.
    A loose sheet at page 47 is titled "Soil colour chart F8/SK1". It has pale brown sand grains stuck to the sheet. This relates to the entry about skeleton 1, feature 8 that starts on this page.

Creator: Graeme Lloyd Pretty
Control: AA 255/16/15/1-8
Date Range:  21 October, 1982  -  06 December, 1982
Quantity:    8  
Formats: Notebooks
Series:  AA 255/16
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