the archaeology of archaeology

quick update or long waffle? maybe a mix. it's been a strange site that i've been digging on recently. today i dug out some lovely artifacts up from the long forgotton 1980's. crisp packets (cheese and onion) cigarette boxes and general detritus; all left over from a manchester university dig on the same site in wigan in about 1981. so we have the strange task of working out what are their holes and which are more ancient. well more industrial although there are a few roman things about and a lovely medieval thing. not sure what it is maybe i'll put a picture up and we can all guess. unfortunately i can only dig half of it as there is a concrete walkway on the other half. This didn't stop a local volunteer asking me ( after telling him i didn't know what it was) how big one of these typically was? In the words of my friend Screwy " whatever it is , it's a perfect example of its type.

in other news i finally got around to starting driving lessons. i plan to pass by christmas which i think is a realistic goal. if the money holds out. expensive game this driving. i'm actually quite enjoying. doesn't seem so hard.... i think.

as my facebook status has been stating i have recently been reliving the nineties. re watching seinfeld, nearly ( so nearly) completing sonic on the megadrive (some credit -or blame must go to mark payne) and giving some long forgotten indie bands another whirl. finding lisa's gamegear last week just topped off the revival. can you imagine , a gamegear with a tv tuner. civilisation should have stopped there.

mark (the main blogger these days it seems) oftens recommends in this spot so i'll try to follow his lead. on more 4 tomorrow (tuesday) there is a great film called 'teh devil and daniel johnston. all should definately tune in. a unique character. did i ever tell you about the time i used the urinal next to him in matt and phreds. maybe another time.

1980's archaeology pictures to follow. possibly