Project leader Cassie Newland says it is an exercise in methodology
Archaeologists are "excavating" an old transit van to help refine techniques used in studying modern artefacts.
The team at Bristol University is examining the van's contents, bodywork and engine and recording an oral history of the people who have used it.
A forensic scientist is also taking part in the "van dig". Police are increasingly using archaeological techniques for forensic investigations.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Archaeologists 'excavate' old van