Dig Hungate: Viking age structure (11/13)

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A Dig Hungate Update Film, with field archaeologists working on the excavation of an exploratory deep trench in Block H2. One of an ongoing set of videoblog updates from the Hungate site at York.

(Part 11 of 13)

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[goldciggy]

@TwilitAquaticMelody... Thanks!

[TwilitAquaticMelody]

@goldciggy I'm an archaeologist myself. Student, but still an archaeologist.

All artifacts and remains are usually taken to the museum or university sponsoring the dig for further analysis. When excavation is complete, it is usually recovered unless the site, such as Sutton-Hoo, is extremely significant. In that case, such as the Tomb of Shi Huangdi, a protective structure may be built over the site, so it is preserved for future studies.

[goldciggy]

What happens when you have finnished digging? do you keep the site uncovered? do you cover it back up? do you take the remains to a museum?