June 14 2013 - Practice Makes Perfect.

This morning, all students met back at the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve in the rain. The objective for the morning was to practice recording archaeological sites in the field.

Wendy points out compass strings hanging out of Bob's truck

Bob distributed compasses and we set out into the forest. We were told to record one of the early 20th century residential sites we visited early in the field school. This included describing location, access, features, and site boundaries.

.Forest fun and note taking.

Bob noticed a modern plastic plant pot at the site. Bob thinks this was probably for growing marijuana in recently. The area is essentially a cleared area in the forest where there was once a house in the early 1900s. It is hidden from the trails but since it is in a clearing, it would receive lots of sunlight.

Cultural evidence of another variety and a more recent time.

Following our work in the field, we reconvened in the lab on campus to continue working on the site forms, attempting to use our old or newly-found knowledge of how to determine latitude and longitude and UTM using only 1:50,000 scale maps. Fortunately the site we were asked to record is only a few km from the lab so it didn't take long to get from the forest to the lab.

Some students continued working in the lab afterwards on their projects. 

Tiana gluing some artifacts together and our treasured Waves coffee station.