Dr. Rhyolite: My week MIA

Recently I had the opportunity to go to a field school and do some archaeology with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Unfortunately I could only afford the one week, and it was only because I received a scholarship through F.A.R.C. I am very grateful for this opportunity and plan on spending as many Sundays as I can get off of work helping with further excavations. The drive is about an hour and a half away but it has proven to be worth it.

This photo was taken on our last day on the field, I didn't have my camera so I'm thankful that Becky, one who attended all 5 weeks of excavation, had taken a bunch.

After I returned home and took a shower I noticed this gnarly fellow staring back at me. I'm not sure how it happened but it might have been when I was toting 5 gallon buckets of dirt to the screens.

Here is a photo of me officially digging out my first 'feature'. Unfortunately this 'feature' turned out to be the first of many rodent holes I will encounter over my career. It was neat because I dug a whole 50 cm down until I realized that it curved to the right and resembled a tornado. Unfortunately all the artifacts that I found and bagged, including a pottery sherd, had to be discarded because the disturbance wasn't human-made. OH WELL.

Here is a photo of me in my neat and ugly straw hat. This was also taken on the last day, and I believe I was picking the dirt and broken fingernails off my hands.

On Wednesday Brian #2 (who was in charge of our little newbie field school group) invited the entire crew out for a cook-out at his and his wife's lovely home. After food I spent watching cornhole and bocce being played while playing with dogs and drinking a beer.