Today was an exciting first day of
excavation! We began digging in our square, peeling back top soil. We
completed digging half of locus 1 so far, and hope to finish that
locus tomorrow, and begin a new locus. I realized that there are many
technical “behind the scenes” procedures when digging. The
measurements, records, organizing, readings, they all have specific
protocol. Everybody loves digging and discovering objects, areas,
architecture, however, as square supervisor I've gotten the
opportunity to see other aspects of excavating. For example, the
locus sheets are very detailed and specific. In order to make sure
everything is organized and in the proper context, the sheets have to
be filled out very accurately. I also witnessed Dr. Walker doing the
pottery reading, how quickly she can identify pottery, especially
identifying it solely by touching it. It's amazing that she could
close her eyes and identify the pottery sherd by how it feels (the
time period etc. ).
My work partner, Anna and I halfway through excavating locus 1. (She's smiling behind that mask)
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