June 17 2013 - Fast Approaching Finish Line.

Yesterday there was a public event held at the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve. As part of her public education project, Ananda represented the field school and shared some information with the guests. Bob was there as well with his daughter Anna who comes to help out at this event every year.  Stuart, Nadine, Kelsey and Emma dropped by for a bit also, before venturing out in to the woods. The booth was set up with dozens of artifacts, pamphlets, posters and photos of artifacts and features. Ananda had also set up a mock excavation unit for kids to try.

The Archaeology Field School information booth.

Ananda at the artifact station and Anna by the mock excavation unit just prior to the start of the event.

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Over the course of a few hours, there was at least a few hundred people who stopped by to interact at the booth. We were definitely one of the more popular exhibits, however maybe not as popular as the free bouncy castle or the free face painting. There were some people who came to the event specifically to see the artifacts and the rest of the exhibit, based on some other public presentations and a radio interview that Bob recently did. Multiple professional archaeologists self-identified at the exhibit, and multiple school teachers asked if they could bring their classes to the excavations next year.

Ananda and some visitors enjoying the excavation game.

Some booth visitors enjoying some field school photos.

Today was our last full day working in the lab. Over the weekend, students completed their practice site survey forms and handed them in in the morning for feedback.  We also cleaned and cleared the majority of the equipment out of the lab and moved it in to storage.

It seems like only yesterday this equipment was being unpacked.

There were some students who stayed in the lab a  bit later to finish working on their projects. Tiana sat patiently gluing artifacts and Richard finished sorting and weighing level bags.