We knew this was going to be our last day out in the field, so we needed to get everything as complete as possible for the season. Unfortunately, it was also kinda drizzly.
Since we were worried about the drizzle turning into full-blown rain at any moment, we worked with the tarp half-covering the units. Unfortunately, this made it quite hot and muggy especially when the sun started to come out more.
Chris finished up level 5 in the SE quad since he digs faster and we wanted to get this done. Sam finished removing the wall between our pit and his (EU 18). I was carrying the buckets from the units to the screens.
Once Sam finished removing the wall, I got into the unit to start working from the other side. Chris was still working on the SE quad, but we needed to get the NW and SW quads finished as well. I started working on the NW quad. It had a lot of annoying roots. Chris and I were able to finish level 5 completely by attacking the last two quads from different sides. All in all, level 5 barely produced anything that got bagged and was essentially a sterile level. Then Chris and I got back out. Emily and Sammy started to remove the 2 corner-balks along the south wall. Chris sifted for Emily, and I helped push the annoying clay through the sifter. Sam drew each wall of the now-continuous pit so the complete stratigraphy could be recorded. Emily and Sammy got through the dark clay layer (which was considered the end of level 2 in my unit) on both corner-balks.
Then we had to leave our lovely, unified pit. :(
We spent the afternoon washing the artifacts from our units. It was just standard artifact washing stuff. We did have a little pizza party though to celebrate the end of our dig.
Since we were worried about the drizzle turning into full-blown rain at any moment, we worked with the tarp half-covering the units. Unfortunately, this made it quite hot and muggy especially when the sun started to come out more.
Chris finished up level 5 in the SE quad since he digs faster and we wanted to get this done. Sam finished removing the wall between our pit and his (EU 18). I was carrying the buckets from the units to the screens.
Once Sam finished removing the wall, I got into the unit to start working from the other side. Chris was still working on the SE quad, but we needed to get the NW and SW quads finished as well. I started working on the NW quad. It had a lot of annoying roots. Chris and I were able to finish level 5 completely by attacking the last two quads from different sides. All in all, level 5 barely produced anything that got bagged and was essentially a sterile level. Then Chris and I got back out. Emily and Sammy started to remove the 2 corner-balks along the south wall. Chris sifted for Emily, and I helped push the annoying clay through the sifter. Sam drew each wall of the now-continuous pit so the complete stratigraphy could be recorded. Emily and Sammy got through the dark clay layer (which was considered the end of level 2 in my unit) on both corner-balks.
Then we had to leave our lovely, unified pit. :(
We spent the afternoon washing the artifacts from our units. It was just standard artifact washing stuff. We did have a little pizza party though to celebrate the end of our dig.
