First day of the work week! It's still
hard to get used to Sunday being what Monday is to us who live in
America. Today seemed to be going slow with digging, however to
others it seemed like we made a lot of progress. I have to say the
manual labor is a lot harder than I thought it would be. It is
however satisfying to find things such as black glass, large bones. I
hope to get down deep enough in the square to help Dr. Walker
visualize/analyze the role our area plays in the village plan. The
ethnography projects are definitely a challenge for a few reasons.
The main obstacle is the language barrier makes it difficult to
communicate with the locals, especially the older generation. It
forces us to be dependent on translators for many of the questions we
need answers to. However, I was excited to make a house visit today
and just do some observation, until this interview fell through (for
the second time). Hopefully tomorrow will bring more opportunities
and interesting encounters!
O11, at locus 2.
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