This has been mentioned briefly on this blog (...and should have had a bit more coverage at the time!) but CSI: Sittingbourne appeared on the four-part BBC2 series 'Digging for Britain' with Dr. Alice Roberts. It was a really great bit of coverage for the project and hopefully enligtened a few people to whats going … Continue reading Digging for Britain (2)
Digging for Britain
Coming up on BBC2 in the next few weeks will be the appearance of CSI: Sittingbourne. Digging for Britain, hosted by Dr. Alice Roberts of Time Team, Coast, Extreme Archaeology and Wild Swimming fame, follows a year of archaeology in Britain, joining up the results of digs and investigations from all over the country. CSI: should … Continue reading Digging for Britain
a bit of a progress report…
Stats... The volunteers for this project have been of great help and have showed good progress so far. They have gained in confidence along the way and the results they are producing are brilliant. This section highlights the background and the type of people that are volunteering, or who have volunteered, in the past months. … Continue reading a bit of a progress report…
csi: on e-conservation
The online conservation magazine e-conservation has published a very good article about the CSI: lab in issue 12 for December 2009. The article has been written by French conservation intern Virginie Ternisien who spent four weeks as an intern with Dana Goodburn-Brown in the summer, and revisited to see the progress of the lab soon … Continue reading csi: on e-conservation
csi: in icon news
The professional body for conservation in the UK, ICON (Institute of Conservation), has a two page report in the December issue of ICON news. It explains all about what the CSI: lab is setting out to achieve. This is a really important article as it allows a lot of people in the conservation profession to find out about the lab … Continue reading csi: in icon news
Air-abrasives faulty/temperamental
Not really news if you have ever worked with these machines, but the air abrasive machines are temperamental. This is an appeal; if you can spare some time to help sort the current air abrasive machines or possibly lend the CSI: lab a set up for the duration of the project - the conservators would be … Continue reading Air-abrasives faulty/temperamental