To Star Carr
Fair Star Carr, we weep to see You fade away so soon: As yet the archaeologists, Have not unearthed your boon. Stay, stay Until the field seasons Have run Unto their final year; And having found your secrets, we Will leave you with good cheer. We have five years to study you, Three seasons yet to dig The dryland and the lake, Find bone points, and antler picks. We’ll try Before the land acidifies, To take Soil samples, pollen cores; So many Mesolithic clues Beside the relict shores. We started planning the geoarchaeological aspects of the new Star Carr excavations this afternoon. The latest round of research at the site begins this year with Nicky Milner's 5 year ERC project. It looks like it will be quite challenging from a microarchaeology perspective, not least because of the peaty sediments which are notoriously difficult to thin section! But I do like a challenge. My invo...