Another day of "The Archaeology of Archaeology", sifting through refill layers after that 1980 excavation. This had been carried out by a fellow named Paul Bidwell, so I decided to start a small "Bidwell Shrine" with artifacts left behind by he and his workers
Dixie cup. Broken tea cup. Looks like the top of a beer can. Guess the boss must not have been watching the lads too closely....
As you can see from the photo, nice weather held for another day. I got my customary morning walk to the site in, and happily find that the passing of another year has not made the hills steeper.
Next up is tbd, but we are probably done with the drudge work and on to actual archaelogy tomorrow, weather permitting.
Here's a barracks room that needs some attention. The better walls are from 213 AD on to maybe 400 AD. The curved "thing" from about 208. The stuff under it is obviously earlier. Layers and layers, the bottom layer dates to before 100 AD, but we won't be going there this year.
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