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Ferrycarrig 2019: Cutting 5

Our new cutting is in the only part of the ringwork’s ditch that remains after excavation in the 80s.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Cutting 4

Cutting 4 started this summer as a test trench to the depth of the 12th century occupation layer.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Cutting 1

In Cutting 1, we found a large pocket of charcoal that could be a posthole, but only time will tell!

Ferrycarrig 2019: Cutting 3

Work in Cutting 3 during the two-week field excavation program from Maynooth University

Ferrycarrig 2019: Summer Cultural Trips

As part of each IAFS course’s academic content, we spend several days at the beginning of most programmes on cultural trips.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Experimental Archaeology – Making Ceramics and Textiles

The experimental archaeology students learned about medieval textiles and how to make medieval ceramics.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Experimental Archaeology – Furnace Building and Iron Smelting

This program in partnership with University College Dublin and Institute for Field Research allowed us to learn about experimental archaeology and relate what we learned to the Carrick excavation.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Carrig 850

This year is the 850th Anniversary of the Anglo-Norman arrival in Ireland as well as the construction of the Carrick site itself!

Zominthos 2019: Week 6

During the final week of this year’s excavations, we completely removed the Late Minoan I layer full of pottery in Room 65.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Forensic Anthropology

The IAFS’s forensic anthropology programme with Maynooth University

Ferrycarrig 2019: Summer Update on Finds at the Carrig Dig

A video update for Summer 2019 from Dr. Shine on the progress being made with the excavation and finds

Zominthos 2019: Week 5

Many intact vessels came to light in Room 65, as excavation also continued in Area 61 and Room 64.

Ferrycarrig 2019: Digging the Lost Town of Carrig Part 2

In this video, IAFS Director Denis Shine gives an update on the progress of the site so far in the summer of 2019.

Zominthos 2019: Week 4

Noteworthy finds this week were parts of a loom weight, pottery with a spiral motif decoration, and some intact conical cups.

Zominthos 2019: Week 3

Excavation continues in various rooms. Pottery fragments, animal bones, a bone pendant, and cups of the old palace period have been collected.

Zominthos 2019: Week 2

New conical cups have been recovered intact in Room 1, some containing animal bones, while an interesting small find was made in Room 43, and more.

Zominthos 2019: Week 1

The 2019 excavation season at Zominthos, Crete, begins!

Pompeii 2019: Week 4

This week has been full of surprises, including unexpected finds in trenches IVN and IIS.

Pompeii 2019: Week 3

We made progress on all of the excavation fronts and added new data on the building phases of the sanctuary and the broader neighborhood.

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