Young Archaeologists in the Pandemic

Colchester Young Archaeologists' Club brought their trowels and kneelers to a site near Colchester to learn practical archaeology techniques on the Roman site. Twenty young people, their parents and five YAC volunteers, learned about the site from two archaeologists from Colchester Archaeological Group, the location of the finds date it to the late Roman period.     With so many eager excavators, it was not long before Roman brick, pot and roof tile fragments were unearthed. The spoil was sieved to ensure nothing was missed. The find trays were numbered to identify the location. There was just time to wash all the finds, before the session finished.    It is nearly four years since the Covid pandemic hit the world. Even this week Colchester YAC received apologies from members who were unable to attend today's meeting because they had Covid. One parent was telling us that he had caught Covid in the early stages of the pandemic, in 2020, when it was most virulent and it took him