For two days now we have been cleaning the surfaces, surveying finds
in the topsoil, and at the interface of the topsoil to the subsoil. The
distribution is not random, though we don't know yet what the pattern
relates to. An area without any finds may relate to a well.
Finds
marked with wooden skewers.
Photo: Janice Adamson, University of Auckland
Molten pieces of bottle glass and window glass seem correlated to the
burning of the house and their distribution seems to focus in one area
of the excavation. With a bit of luck we should be able to pinpoint the
location of the house in the next few days.
Linda
cleaning the digger-scraped surface.
Photo: Janice Adamson, University of Auckland
Another area seems to show large vessels, possibly related to dairy products.
The next few days will be much of the same until we hit the features
like postholes, the well, and pits. We are hoping the wind will ease soon,
it is hampering our activities on site.
G'day! I'm Linda Terry from Brisbane Australia. I have just finished
my Honours in Archaeology at the University of Queensland and am about
to start my PhD. I am keen to get as much excavation experience as possible
on historical sites and to learn how things are done here in N.Z. Janice,
Hans and the rest of the team are great and don't make too many comments
about my funny accent.
