We’re running out of time so instead of calling a rain day, we needed to work through the steady drizzle that greeted us this morning. It was enough to make paperwork annoying, but not so much as to make it impossible to dig and screen. I think spirits were pretty high despite the weather, our group has really bonded together and are working well at getting the test units excavated!
A little rain can’t dampen Haley, Trinity, and Enya’s spirits!Breanna, Suyang, Kyra, and Falon take a pause from digging to fill out a unit record form for the completed level!Mason and Romy are patiently digging and screening in the constant drizzle.Thomas, Nicolas, and Jacob have been taking out dirt among what looks like a destruction layer for the house.Cameron, Maddy, Avery and Lauren are in some tough digging in the upper levels of their test unit!At morning break we rigged up a tarp so at least our bags could stay somewhat dry!
After lunch I met some of our crew at the Archaeology Centre so that we could start washing some of the backlog of artifacts we have collected. The goal is to get everything washed and at least separated by material type and counted by the end of the field school! Some years that task is easier than others, depending on how much we find!
Maddy, Lauren, Mason, Romy, Avery and Cameron are the first to wash artifacts (we’ll get more crew in here once test units are finished!)A beautifully arranged tray of artifacts from the probable root cellar feature aka “The Eminence”, washed by Lauren!
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