Want to get my hands dirty

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I have been looking with longing at two Earthwatch Archeological projects in England. The Roman Wall near Newcastle seems like an adventure with possible discoveries. How physically difficult is it? And how dangerous. I read that you have to keep an eye on your gear at the site.

The Hidden Kingdom looks very interesting especially after reading Jack Whyte's Camelud series. Whyte's tale starts out with the Romans and moves on to those native regiments who were left behind when the Romans left England. Most of the adventures take place in an area similar to Yorkshire. Have any Roman artifacts been found?

My Nickname is Dirty Face because I felt anyone on a dig would end up with a "Dirty Face." And--all the Godess' names were taken.

posted by Dirtyface

I will ask our Volunteer Advisers about the Newcastle site, but as far as I know there is no particular safety issue there. We caution all of our volunteers to use normal care at research sites.

As for the difficulty level, this project is not particularly difficult - some walking, but mostly what you'd expect at a dig - kneeling, sitting, detail work unearthing objects. There have been many interesting discoveries here in the last several years of Earthwatch teams.

The Hidden Kingdom project is more strenuous. The work here involves mapping and plotting the basic layout of walls, and other possible structures.

Kathy, the Earthwatch webmaster