We enjoy the romance of the Silk Road and appreciate clues to the past




 This month, it is 13 years since we restarted Colchester Young Archaeologists' Club and one of the volunteers who helped to restart the club, joined us today, with her daughter as a new member. One of our volunteers shared the leader training day information and activities on the legendary Silk Road, which brought exotic fabrics and spices from east to west. Above are two of the activities she organised, making colourful pagodas and origami swans. The clothing the young archaeologist wears tells a story too. It's only half way to being an antique, but nevertheless commemorates a historic tour by a legendary band. The Roman fragments below were picked up by a sixteen-year-old who is studying at the Sixth Form College. He picked up the fragment of Roman Samian Ware off the ground by a tree outside the Firstsite art gallery in the centre of Colchester. This together with the prehistoric flints found by Colchester Archaeological Group at Fordham, proves it is still possible to pick up prehistoric and Roman fragments on a walk in Colchester City Centre or in the nearby countryside, if you know what you are looking for. I had considered starting a "post pandemic" blog this autumn. But I was chatting to a friend recently, who had Covid only a few weeks ago and we had one apology from a young volunteer, who had caught Covid along with the rest of the family. 

                                                                         



  

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