Discovering more everyday
After our nail layer we were not finding much besides mortar and a few screws until we found something sticking out of our west wall. We can tell that it is a bone, but until we are finished with out unit we have to leave …
Protecting Michigan State's Material Culture
Field School
Beginning Unit D
Unit C is totally closed and now serving as a place to screen into for unit B and now unit D is now officially being excavated. Our first level was originally going to be a 20 cm level but, after we began uncovering what seemed …
CAP 2017: Week 3 and 4
Last week, we dealt with horrible humidity and soaring temperatures. This week, we start off strong with a new weather predicament: heavy rain. During the weekend, the East Lansing area experienced some decent downfall. The result of this was a nice-sized swimming pool in our …
Liquor Bottle Base
Earlier this week, Josh Eads and I concluded our work on Feature 1 and began working on the third level of our unit, which required us to remove 10 centimeters of soil from the floor of the unit. While shovel skimming along our western wall, …
Week 3 – Unit C
As the team continues to make progress in our work, I think it is safe to say that we have faced a few challenges along the way. This week in particular, the heat and humidity have intensified. I, personally, am not used to this kind …
CAP Field School: Week Two
After a week of digging around tree roots and finding nothing but nails, Cooper and I began to find some interesting things in Unit B. One of those things happened to be a lot more nails. Underneath a layer of clay, there was a layer …
The Closing of One Unit and the Opening of Another
Unit C is done! …Well, mostly done, anyway. After four ten-centimeter levels, a good ten or so probe tests, and our final two levels only producing about seven nails and two tiny glass shards its been determined that unit C is now sterile (that means …
CAP 2017: Week 3
Hot Weather and New finds. This past week has had the most unbearable weather so far, but overall, the learning process at CAP 2017 Field School is still continuing! Although I probably differ from my peers, I find that the most difficult thing about this …
