Hello, My name is Osma and I’m a university
student at the University of Reading
Here I am digging at Silchester at the South
East corner of Insula IX
My dream is to do documentaries and present
many lectures and speeches teaching about
the ancient past of our world; or to be perhaps
more precise, of the Middle East and my civilisation
at Syria.
What I wish to do is to travel around the
world and ensure that everyone knows about
the past, entertain them, ensure they are
engaged, learn at the same time, and have
fun
I mean what more can you do than that?
That is my dream within Archaeology….what is yours?
Hi, I’m Anna and I work on health in the
past.
Now this bone here is a femur, so the thigh
bone of a medieval adult from Gloucester,
and what we can see here is that this individual
has sustained two fractures to their thigh
bone
one up here, and one down here.
This is just to show the extent of the injury
in comparison to a healthy femur.
You can see the healed fracture calluses here,
but at the same time, there are signs of infection
So this would have been rather uncomfortable
for the individual.
But nevertheless, he or she survived this
due to other people taking care of him or
her.
That’s my Archaeology…what’s yours?
My name is Maria, and I’m doing a BSc in
Archaeology
At the moment, I’m doing a placement which
involves analysing core samples,
which are from a site called Bestansur in Iraq, and focussing
on the Neolithic period.
I really enjoy my placement because it gives
me the opportunity to look at different proxies,
which provide valuable information that would
otherwise be missed
That’s my Archaeology….what’s yours?
Hi there, I’m Will and I’m a third year
Archaeology student at the University of Reading.
My archaeology is a real love of communication,
I love teaching the subject and I had the
perfect opportunity to put this into effect
as the trainee visitor’s manager at the
field school this year.
Within this role, I got to talk to people of all
ages and interests and teach them about the
site we were excavating.
Archaeology as a whole is my love of the subject.
That’s my Archaeology…what’s yours?
Hi my name’s Amy and I recently graduated
from the University of Reading with a degree
in Archaeology and I’m a trainee supervisor
here at Silchester.
I’ve been digging this area, which is a
tile structure with a linear set of tiles
and then a column base which was added at
a later date.
I’ve loved digging this area because we
had a huge amount of backfill to get through
so it was really hard work,
but it’s really rewarding to have a structure
like this.
I’ve tried to focus on Roman Archaeology
in my undergraduate degree,
And I will be when I do my Master’s.
I’m also hoping to go into commercial Archaeology
for a few years, so it’s been great to combine
academic knowledge with practical excavation
skills,
so I’ve loved it.
This is my Archaeology…what’s yours?
My name is Abby, I’m a graduate of the University
of Reading, and I’m working here at Silchester
as a finds trainee,
processing all the finds from the excavation,
including some of our small finds such as
this one
which was the Roman toilet set,
including tweezers, ear scoop and nail cleaners,
and this is really useful for us, it tells
us a little bit about Roman hygiene at the
time,
and I’m particularly interested in this
piece as I’d like to work in conservation,
preserving artefacts like this for further
generations to enjoy.
That's my Archaeology…what’s yours?
