Young Archaeologists in the Pandemic

 Invited to bring in their treasures and discoveries to be identified and dated, the response from members of Colchester Young Archaeologists' Club was unexpected. Found near her school, one of our youngest members, had a Roman pot sherd and part of a vitrious enamel pot from centuries later. Another YAC had discovered some fossils from the Suffolk coast at Bawdsey and showed us some interesting finds from an organised archaeological exercise in London. We had an update from the YAC who had discovered the fossil bison bone at East Mersea. She brought in some other bones discovered on the Mersea Island coast, and was able to demonstrate how she had cleaned them up and show us what part of the animal they were from (picture above). None of our members minded handling, identifying and examining these. Our refreshment break was enhanced with a visual presentation of cave paintings from one of our volunteers. Following this, club members created their own cave paintings with pastels and...