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What is it? 4 - Answer
This item is one of many that the SHARP team have excavated over the years. It is known as a heckle tooth or fibre processing spike. This...


What is it? 4
Here we have another mystery artefact for you to identify with a couple of questions: What is this artefact known as? What is it made...


What is it? 3 - answer
Well, if you thought yesterday’s mystery artefact was part of a comb you are correct! It is a plate with 7 cut teeth and it is made from...


What is it? 3
Another mystery item is pictured above. Perhaps a tad easier today but look carefully at the dimensions. It is only approximately 3 ½ cm...


What is it? 2 - Answer
Well, this little oddity was found in the top layer of Trench 16 in 2013. It is the rear bracket and some of the ring of a foot patten,...


What is it? 2
Our next mystery item is pictured above. You have three questions to challenge you: What is it made of? How old is it? Would you have...


What is it No 1? - Answer
Well to be completely honest, we are not sure. However, have a look at something similar and see what you think. This little bronze...


What is it...?!
Are you ready for a challenge? During October we are going to post a few tricky pics! All you have to do is try to identify the object....


Update from John Jolleys (Chair of Trustees)
SHARP 2020 - a springboard for 2021 and beyond. Although our 2020 Easter fieldwork, summer excavation season and programme of courses...


On this day...16th August
Back to the Boneyard and that famous year 2003 for the first of today’s photos. Just a few short days after the discovery of the cow bone...
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