Athena L.
10/11/07
Period 1
Dig Diary:
Today our archaeological dig was finally complete. Over the course of many days have we excavated somewhere near eight artifacts. We have dug, sifted, dug, recorded, and dug. Did I mention that we dug, a lot? Today was just like any other day of the dig, except we excavated our last layer, layer 3. We found a bowl, more burnt pieces of wood, and uncovered the rest of the stick structure. Unfortunately, nothing of significance was discovered in “The Dirt’s” quadrant, B, even though we hit the bottom of the hole. It was still exciting to watch other quadrants unearth their prospective artifacts, and it really is a group effort. I have this strange feeling inside that tells me that we didn’t quite find all of the artifacts that were buried, but I will just have to live with it. The discovery of the burnt pieces of wood was very curious, because the burnt pieces of wood definitely do not support my Australopithecine theory, and they do point to Homo Erectus or possibly Homo Habilis. It is highly unlikely that we uncovered a hominid group that lived any later than those afore mentioned. Also not supporting my theory is the well-made bowl and the stick shelter, because both seemed more advanced than those tools of the Australopithecus. I am beginning to think that we possible have Homo Habilis; or not. I learned a lot throughout this dig about archaeology and hominids, but the best thing I learned is that archeology is not an exact science and that I definitely do not want to pursue a career where I have to record everything and get dirt all over my clothes. Nevertheless, I had fun and I hope that our period can analyze our artifacts and come up with the right answer to that elusive question: which hominids are they?
10/11/07
Period 1
Dig Diary:
Today our archaeological dig was finally complete. Over the course of many days have we excavated somewhere near eight artifacts. We have dug, sifted, dug, recorded, and dug. Did I mention that we dug, a lot? Today was just like any other day of the dig, except we excavated our last layer, layer 3. We found a bowl, more burnt pieces of wood, and uncovered the rest of the stick structure. Unfortunately, nothing of significance was discovered in “The Dirt’s” quadrant, B, even though we hit the bottom of the hole. It was still exciting to watch other quadrants unearth their prospective artifacts, and it really is a group effort. I have this strange feeling inside that tells me that we didn’t quite find all of the artifacts that were buried, but I will just have to live with it. The discovery of the burnt pieces of wood was very curious, because the burnt pieces of wood definitely do not support my Australopithecine theory, and they do point to Homo Erectus or possibly Homo Habilis. It is highly unlikely that we uncovered a hominid group that lived any later than those afore mentioned. Also not supporting my theory is the well-made bowl and the stick shelter, because both seemed more advanced than those tools of the Australopithecus. I am beginning to think that we possible have Homo Habilis; or not. I learned a lot throughout this dig about archaeology and hominids, but the best thing I learned is that archeology is not an exact science and that I definitely do not want to pursue a career where I have to record everything and get dirt all over my clothes. Nevertheless, I had fun and I hope that our period can analyze our artifacts and come up with the right answer to that elusive question: which hominids are they?
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