Jingle JAMCam: QGIS; or, The Terrifying Ghost of Archaeology Future
A JAM Update! The fences in Drewett’s (Charlies) Park were taken down this morning with the very generous help of the Groundwork Land Team. We’ve re-seeded the ground but it’s still quite squishy, so we ask that you take extra special care while in the park not to let yourself or your furry four-legged friends get stuck in the mud or trip […]
Jingle JAMCam: Games and Merriment; or, The Exuberant Ghost of Archaeology Present
“’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;” We’re almost halfway through the month of December and just nine days away from the winter solstice, so now seems like an excellent time to take a look at one […]
Jingle JAMCam: Yule; or, The Mysterious Ghost of Archaeology Past
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Jingle JAM! No, not that one- this is the Jarrow Archaeological Mission Yuletide celebration! As the Winter Solstice races towards us, now is the perfect time to take a closer look at where many of our current festive traditions find their origins. So put down your baubles and tinsel; that homemade model of Mortimer Wheeler can be put atop the Christmas tree later! Gather round your phones or […]
JAMCam: Far from Finished
Last week we finished our intensive two-week block of post-ex with our colleagues from ARS. Their support throughout this project has been invaluable, and we will all be sad to see them go. Wednesday, the museum’s resident mouser, will be especially upset after developing a fondness for the JAMFam these last few weeks. Wednesday spent […]
JAMCam: VIP: Very Important Purrrrson
Week one of Post Excavation has wrapped up and we’ve made a huge amount of progress. We were joined this week by our colleagues from ARS as part of a two-weeks intensive training block (for which volunteer spaces for next week can be found by following the link here, or so I’m told), who have […]
JAMCam: Jarroweeeeeen!
Happy Jarroween everyone! I hope every Goblin and Ghoul reading is having an absolutely spooktacular time, from the bottom of my cold, dead, zombie heart. As we move into the Post Excavation phase of JAM (for which there are still plenty of spaces to sign up to by following this link), we will start […]