Day 7

31/03/09- In the office again today, i ve nearly finished my project just have to look over it. Not the most interesting day of my time here but i ve learnt alot about the itchen river. :)

Day 6-week 2

30/03/09- today i started my week with amanda and at the front of the office. Also today i had to start my project, i have completed about 3/4 of it, which is a good start.

Day 5

27-03-09- Today i was in the office for the day, i did a bit more scanning etc. and then i contacted lauren, the uni student which we had worked with on tuesday, about her photos of the wreck site, and i burnt them onto disc. I went home at lunch.

Day 4

26-03-09- Today Brandon took me down to Gosport & Portsmouth. Firstly we went down right on the coast where Steven told us about the archaeology in that area, between the forts and how these were used to defend Britain. After that we went into Gosport and met Brandon's friend in Priddy's Hard and he told us about how all the historic buildings and what had happened to the local area so they cant be protected or exhibited. Then we down to Portsmouth navel docks to look for Brandon's contact, he however forgot about the meeting, so we went around HMS Victory looking for things which had been originals from HMS Invincible or been built based on them. Finally we met Debra in the Victory museum to see if she had any Invincible artifacts, which we took photos of before leaving. I really enjoyed the day as a whole and thought it was really interesting listening to peoples opinions on the local archaeology.

Day 3

25/03/09- spent the day in the office. i was mainly doing diving logs, scanning in documents and writing details about them, also i ve been told about my project for next week, researching about the brass rubbing project for the Itchen river, which looks alot of work but hopefully is quite interesting.

Day 2 cont

In the afternoon, me and brandon went to meet these uni-students at a wreck site near chichester. The wind was freezing and the Equipment didnt work properly so all we did really was: take photos of the wreck, draw diagrams of it and measure the wreck. It was good once we got going except the mud inside of the wreck made it difficult to move and i nearly got stuck, not brillient but it was a good expierence. :)

Day 2

24/03/09- started where i left off, trying to get the pictures added on to the computer in the right size and format. In the afternoon going to a dig sight near ... which should be good fun.

Day 1 cont.

23/03/09-After my induction to the office ad meeting everyone i started by going though conservation cards and adding them to the database via microsoft access, this was a good task to start with because it gave me a good idea on the data that needs to be recorded and how to record them. after lunch i started on scanning pictures of the sites into the computer but the scanner didnt work properly so we couldnt get them collected.

Dean first day

23/03/09-Hey I'm Dean, on my first day of my work experience project, I'm from Marchwood and i go to Applemore College in Dibden Purlieu. Out of these two weeks i am looking to gain experience in an office environment and learn about the work done by the Hampshire and white trust for Maritime Archeology. I hope these will link in with my History and or Geography GCSE'S.