Week 3 has moved us past preliminary shovel scraping, creating the grid, and opening maps - we have finally begun to work in historical layers! The students have worked very hard in the sun, heat, and other times wind and rain... and now they are working in the stone structure, as well as in the west yard area. The work inside the structure (Feature A) has revealed a possible internal feature (Feature B) - it seems to be a stone wall. The stones are mortared and appear to be at least 3 levels deep at this time. It is uncertain what this feature is or what purpose the internal wall would have served... we hope to find clues to this mystery in the upcoming days.
In the west yard area, Paul, Kristen, Erin, Beverly, Dan J., and Tim opened new 1m squares to determine how yard space was used between the house and the large structure (Feature A) at the rear of the lot. They are just beginning the units (located right out in the middle of the field and if course the sun!) and we hope that we will discover how everyday lives of the Irish immigrant and Irish-American laboring families... stay tuned!
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