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Roonka Excavations - Roonka Graves Survey

Archive Collections / Graeme Lloyd Pretty / Series AA 255/16 / Roonka Excavations - Roonka Graves Survey

Four notebooks detailing survey work done at the Roonka Graves sites from December 1968 to February 1981.

  1. Roonka Graves Survey, Book 1.
    This notebook covers the date range 7/12/1968 to 11/4/1970.
    The pages are numbered 1 - 194.
    Pages 11 and 12 show a plan and survey readings of the excavation trenches A, 1A, B, 1B, C, 1C, their relationship to each other and adjacent trenches 0A and 2A.
    Survey readings throughout the notebook give exact locations of skeletons, "Finds" and "Carbon Finds" within and near the trenches.
    There are also survey measurements which locate adjacent landmarks.

  2. Roonka Graves Survey, Book 2.
    This notebook covers the date range 23/5/1970 to 24/7/1971.
    The pages are numbered 1 - 176.
    Survey readings throughout the notebook give exact locations of skeletons, "Finds" and "Carbon Finds" within and near the trenches.
    There are also numerous sketches of "Features", skeletons and grave pits. From the front of the notebook, these entries finish on page 137.
    The pages numbered 138 - 176 have a secondary numbering and are numbered 2B/1 - 2B/35, starting from the back of the notebook,.
    Entries start at Page 2B/6, which has a note about profile sketches.
    Pages 2B/7 - 2B/15, 2B/30 - 2B/32 and 2B/35 contain an index of skeleton numbers and where details can be found within these notebooks (page number and book number).
    Pages 2B/17 - 2B/22 contain an index of "Finds" numbers and where details can be found within these notebooks (page number and book number).
    Pages 2B/23 - 2B/24 and 2B/26 contain an index of "Carbon Finds" numbers and where details can be found within these notebooks (page number and book number).
    Pages 2B/25, 2B/28 - 2B/29 and 2B/33 - 34 contain an index of "Features" numbers and where details can be found within these notebooks (page number and book number).

  3. Roonka Graves Survey, Book 3.
    This notebook covers the date range 7/8/1971 to 22/8/1973.
    The pages are numbered 1 - 242.
    Survey readings throughout the notebook give exact locations of skeletons, "Finds" and "Carbon Finds" within and near the trenches.
    There are also numerous sketches of "Features", skeletons and grave pits.
    Page 220 has details of the location of Trench 3 test bore holes.
    Pages 239 - 241 have an index of feature records and skeletal records (location, book number and page number).

  4. Roonka Graves Survey, Book 4.
    This notebook covers the date range 18/8/1973 to 22/2/1981.
    The pages are numbered 1 - 105.
    Survey readings throughout the notebook give exact locations of skeletons, "Finds" and "Carbon Finds" within and near the trenches.
    There are also sketches of "Features", skeletons and grave pits.

Creator: Graeme Lloyd Pretty
Control: AA 255/16/20/1-4
Date Range:  07 December, 1968  -  22 February, 1981
Quantity:    4  
Formats: Notebooks
Series:  AA 255/16
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