What is the most valuable thing you can find on an excavation?

‘Value’ to an archaeologist or historian has nothing to do with money, and the answer to the question depends on what kind of information is required. It might be an inscription on the stone, recording a previously unknown regiment or Governor of Britain, or evidence for the worship of a new god. At Vindolanda the most prized of all finds are the writing tablets as these rare Roman records give a unique insight into the thoughts of Vindolanda’s Roman inhabitants.