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Archaeology of College Hill 2006
Archaeology of College Hill 2007
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology
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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3188
Fax: (401) 863-9423
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Today we moved into the lab. While it was odd not to be in the field, it was really nice to be warm in class.
More or less we spent the whole day washing artifacts and trying not to get the dirt that came off them down the sink. Everyone got a toothbrush and a basin of water and went to it. By the end of class we had actually finished washing all the artifacts for the season and laying them out on drying racks! I thought this would take us a few weeks at the least, so I was thrilled when around 5:15 people were running out of things to wash. Perfect timing.
After things were washed we placed them on drying screens belonging to the Green Farm project (thanks Krysta, et al!) and left them to dry for a week.
Next week we start the fun stuff – counting, weighing measuring, drawing and generally analyzing.