Last week on the dig and it was windy in the afternoon. I am sitting at home exhausted. Last week a heron flew over and landed on a light pole.
Great blue heron.
The first pit structure George and Bill worked on had nice plastered walls and a partially plastered floor.
Pit structure, dates to circa A.D. 1080-1100.
Nearby, Jeff and Olivia were digging the house-in-pit that contained about 100 post holes. The entrance had a polished caliche floor leading to the hearth.
Entrance.
The house had a wall groove extending around the perimeter of the house. The walls were anchored into the groove, preventing drafts.
Wall groove.
A dozen grinding stones, including a broken metate, lay on the floor of the house.
Metate.
The house is about 6 m across, fairly large. It dates between A.D. 1040-1100 based on the decorated pottery found close to the floor.
House-in-pit.
Today Chris, Adam, and Steve were digging a house with beautiful wall plaster, a polished caliche floor, a molded plaster hearth, and a broken jar and a mano on its floor.
Adam, Chris, and Steve.
And of course, we found another house in the afternoon. Sigh.
The first pit structure George and Bill worked on had nice plastered walls and a partially plastered floor.
Nearby, Jeff and Olivia were digging the house-in-pit that contained about 100 post holes. The entrance had a polished caliche floor leading to the hearth.
The house had a wall groove extending around the perimeter of the house. The walls were anchored into the groove, preventing drafts.
A dozen grinding stones, including a broken metate, lay on the floor of the house.
The house is about 6 m across, fairly large. It dates between A.D. 1040-1100 based on the decorated pottery found close to the floor.
Today Chris, Adam, and Steve were digging a house with beautiful wall plaster, a polished caliche floor, a molded plaster hearth, and a broken jar and a mano on its floor.
And of course, we found another house in the afternoon. Sigh.