| Oct. 13th, 2008 @ 06:38 pm (no subject) |
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This weekend I'm volunteering for mt first archaeology dig in the New Orleans French Quarter. I am so excited about it. This is a great opportunity for me. I was thinking about taking field school and this will give me the opportunity to see how I like it before I actually do it. And I'll be working next to professional archaeologists. I am so stoked.
UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So the dig was really cool. I'll upload a couple of pictures to scraps. I didn't do much actual digging because the dig is a bit pressed for time. However, I did screen a lot of clay. (I'd call it dirt but dirt would have been easier to screen) We found glass, lots of little bits of animal bone, wine bottles, small pottery shards, a bone button, and I even found a musket ball.
The dig was inside a building that is about to be renovated. the professionals found the foundation of a pre-existing Spanish colonial building. One of the pits even found a wood floor. The wood had long since decomposed but it left a stain in the dirt. You can see each individual slat, it is so cool. when that got uncovered, the project director was flying high.
Like I said, I didn't get to dig but the project director said that she;ll have some other projects coming up that will let me get more into it. Hee Hee. |
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