Excavation: Day 4
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Today, my students, Belle and Michelle, found lots of phytoliths under this basalt pestle. We also cleaned the jar smash for photos, and uncovered a chunk of hydraulic plaster from last year's fill.
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Excavation
From The Bold Soul, 1 year ago, Similar articles
Weekend #2 in our new place, and still digging out from under the cartons. But we're making decent progress, and I hope by the end of this weekend we will have excavated our dining table so that we can stop eating at the coffee table. Georges' "Honey Do" list is getting smaller. Still on the list: hanging the remaining curtains (one of the 3 windows in the salon and our bedroom), and hanging various coat and hat hooks since the so-called coat closet is too small for all our coats, and...
Ancient mushroom models, plus a recipe for oven-steamed mushrooms
From I was really just very hungry, 1 year ago, Similar articles
In this month’s Japan Times food column, I write about the varieties of mushrooms available in Japan. It has a recipe for mushroom rice in there too - one of my favorite recipes for fall, for which I have a few variations (a couple of them are on this site, i.e. here and here. One of the things I talk about in the article is the mysterious mushroom-shaped clay objects that have been found from prehistoric excavation sites in northern Japan. Here’s a picture of some of these...
Excavation: Day 4
From LA(h) Confidential, 2 year ago, Similar articles
Today, my students, Belle and Michelle, found lots of phytoliths under this basalt pestle. We also cleaned the jar smash for photos, and uncovered a chunk of hydraulic plaster from last year's fill.
We're in the newspaper yet again!
From The Very Best Blog Ever!, 3 year ago, Similar articles
On Saturday evening, after the meal and Lina Morgan performance, we had been invited to the opening of an art exhibition being staged by our friend Andrea. It was in the museum of Juan Cabré in the nearby village of Calaceite. Juan Cabré was the the famous archeologist, born in Calaceite, who led the excavation of the Iberican settlement next to the village in the early 1900's.To see the article full size, click left on it.Andrea's work is amazing, she has been very busy this year...
It Begins With Cleaning
From LA(h) Confidential, 3 year ago, Similar articles
We began cleaning our excavation area in Area A. In cleaning the area, we found this bi-chrome Philistine bird sherd.
Dean Leaves For Cyprus
From LA(h) Confidential, 3 year ago, Similar articles
Here, Dean is demonstrating his technique in excavating an ox scapula - sorry, no notches.Dean receives his completion certificate from project director, Aren Maeir.Dean ended his 3rd week at Tell es-Safi/Gath on a high note. He clearly has what it takes to be an excavation director!
