European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Feature s e o t i o a begging up the past 3y John Krueger 5&s London Bureau air Force colonel in Britain is warming up for a tar in archaeology after he retires m Raer haps you be heard of the roman j Spring of mrs. but How about the roman summer of colonel Kelly col Thomas c. Kelly commander of Mildenhall at base England and the 7513th air base up is a Champion pistol and Rifle Marksman who has turned his sights on archaeology and does he dig it he knows More about the Stone age than Fred summer hell work with a Cam Bridge University expedition at the site of an old roman Village at Hock Wold in suf colonel a command Pilot who holds the distinguished flying Cross and air medal a feb pour Oak Leaf clusters swarming a in a big Way Tor a career in sch Codog after he retires Gram to air in three More years Hia latest stoc awry has baft Feo Asars seating � patient path to a door really much More to in the Toen Ewd eeb Nei hater expected be St Brates Tttus ssh just. As an sri Insl abort to turn prof signal Kelly to ills iwo bings Oro my has Djoi Werd what Cambridge of Echeve to be e fete Steo Mirr a Ltd Stone age site which would mate it older than a years. If verified it will Mark Only the second such location to be found in Brt Taat the experts ire All excited about tire came in Tea front Cambridge 9 fired or drawled Shiah Amuti Kelly. To Hsy were jilt kids it Yitts with newtons in examining the artefacts the co Jamel ted of up Lett Down the the comb redb archetto gusts Tove asked in Lytfi a Ikea Complete a conto it Star Finly a he stunted Tere. Not we Tarvel Gitt to get the colonel who s also much in demand for trick shooting demonstrations he s to give one before he Cambridge faculty inlay described How while he digs his Farmer Friend goes right on blowing around said the first confirmation Chat he was onto something big was a group of characteristic Blades and Micro Luhs very email tools or weapons. All we need now is the Date of thievery Early culture Kelly explained. All future digging will be to determine it Date this 1 determined by chemical analysts of radioactive colonel a rugged 44, smiled As he is. 31 _ -1 re a _ b 5h i fat aft 1,000 Job dals and t few Fitti twid Ubfal swim Tori Ninel pro pow. A related that As it dedicate Amateur a has reputation in archaeology of being very he told of the Cambridge experts mar Veling Here we train our men in higher education and still they can t make such Kelly May Call it the Luck of the Irish but he has plenty of determination to go with it. Since his arrival at Mildenhall last july he has walked every Field in a radius of 10 he has picked up surface collections of arrowheads of More recent cultures. The possible palaeolithic artefacts were found under what had been the foundation of a neolithic new Stone aage dwelling. The colonel added that he had already found artefacts on both sides of what a pwt red to be just a Small Rise in the Field. Bat it was surrounded by a sea of yellow Sand a Good archaeologists probe Beneat Whai twp think May have been former occupy Trioa tone11, and Only Nin inches Kefry Frund the artefacts sitting and that Means the occupants had been Trio test to Settle there the colonel As been working re Cunt with lady but soc the 82-year-old godmother of Al Cambridge archaeologists in this area in to John e a roman Kiln. A nacre was the one who reported floor findings to Cambridge University far. Kelly has Cutler at least 1.000 artefacts from the site digging Frantl a the evenings and at night Init kinds of weather. After the initial Spade work the detail work is carried out very carefully with trowel if the Earth is dry enough Sereen Jaag Cati be used. Tue Complete digging process is repeated each time because the pits have to be shed ewer night to prevent cattle roam tag free emm falling in. The digging is done in 5-foot s an arbitrary archaeological dimension that provides enough room to work without exposing too much of the find at one time Kelly is aided on Many of his jaunts Byan English neighbor. Too Flack who a spent 40 of his 60 some years in archaeology. He s helped me locate a lot of Field declared Kelly but for every Good find you Chase 100 false ones the area la a Paradise for studies of the palaeolithic neolithic. Pre roman roman Anglo Saxon and medieval periods. Fann ers Are always blowing up artefact the colonel pointed out thah to been finding a few roman Coin with a min Detector loaned to to by the geophysics department at Cambridge he explained that this pan of Suffolk county Haj always been popular for Settle ment because of Rich Hunting and farming. Associating with the local has been a real education affirmed Kelly who has also made numerous important finds in Texas and new a do where he previously commanded the air Force marksmanship Canter and Bol Kuna air Force base s interested in getting to Central America some Day where treasure of mayan culture Are just waiting to be Dis report prepared to Kelly in hit findings have been published far the Texas Archeo Togeal Solety in the area along the Rio Grande below Laredo the Kelly walked Uoo Muzea an found record prove Etc Point Dart Points and arrowheads his oldest Lacov Tutte he been Points he classifies As being from 34,000-30.000b.c., found in new Mexico. The oldest such discovery for the United states has Bee from 3&qoo , the colonel estimated. He values his own personal collection at$6,000. If his latest finds prove to be so valuable he will probably donate them tothe British museum. The acknowledgement for a dedicated Amateur Wutti be enough Reward. Fit fat the stars and stripes
