Both groups are in the field this week as we approach the end of our field school. Working in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, the students are focused on completing the remaining units before the site must be filled. Some of us took turns excavating the bottom of Unit 8 (first picture above), as well as hauling buckets of dirt, mapping the site, and washing artifacts. We worked as a solid team to accomplish all that must be done.
Unit 3 (second picture above) had a breakthrough yesterday (July 6th) as Paul was able to dig a box inside and locate the bottom of the foundation along the north wall. After uncovering the bottom of the wall and cleaning up the rest of the unit, Kristen and I were able to begin the arduous task of profiling the massive south wall of the unit today (July 7th). Students will again be working feverishly in the high heat and humidity because there is still much to do and very little time. In the next two days, we expect to finish mapping, take photographs of the site, and refill the gaping pits that have been dug around the site.
-Dan Powers, 2010 Field School Student
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