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Year: 2014
Week Six – tying up loose ends
This week was a close call weather-wise! All week it called for rain. In the end, we took a chance and decided to go out to the field. Fortunately for us, the rain held and we were able to tie up some loose ends. Most notable, we found a flag from the Phase I survey. … Continue reading Week Six – tying up loose ends…
Week Five – Site 4 feature and some forensics
Week Five at Whispering Woods was a little hectic and fractured. For starters, Site 7 is done and this week marked the opening of Site 4. To do this, on Thursday Ani, Alex, Tovah, and Kimberlee (the instructors), had to determine, as much as possible, the location and boundaries of Site 4 from the Phase I … Continue reading Week Five – Site 4 feature and some forensics…
Week Four – Road trip!
This week we were visited by the “Road Trip” Raptor! He stopped by to learn more about the class and to speak to some of our students. Otherwise, this week we wrapped up Site 7. We found a couple of glass and ceramic fragments as well as a few possible stone flakes. In all, none … Continue reading Week Four – Road trip!…
Week Three – making progress
The weather gods continue to smile on us! Friday was a glorious day; incidentally, it was “International Talk Like a Pirate Day“. Tovah kindly dressed up like a pirate to score us a free box of donuts. Thanks Krispy Kreme! We made good progress, completing 12 STPs during class. If we can do the same this … Continue reading Week Three – making progress…
Week Two – How to dig a hole
Whispering Woods Phase II began in earnest last Friday, Sept 12th. The students all managed to find our site and drive down a dirt track in cars that were never designed to leave asphalt. Our class started with “How to Dig a Shovel Test Pit (STP)”. This gave the students a chance to use the … Continue reading Week Two – How to dig a hole…