Day 4 of the dig was AWESOME! It was really fun teaching the visitors about the artifacts that we found and everything that we've learned about the dig so far. It was great because we actually know what we're doing, how we're doing it, & we knew what to tell them about everything we found. My team is a GREAT TEAM (Go Fox Clan)! We all worked together and we all found something. We were fast, alert, & helped each other! We depended on each other a lot, especially with finding artifacts & digging & also using the metal detectors. The most interesting part of our dig is that we definitely know we were digging in a mound. We found an Indian burial ground. It was cool but scary and we all know why. We learned that when soil starts to change to a different color as you keep getting deeper & deeper that means something. For instance, as we dug down past two feet deep, we found clay with streaks of white. This was the calcium that remained in the dirt from a decayed body. It was great finding the artifacts that we found today & finding the burial ground. Also, we found pieces of charcoal, mica, and quartz flakes throughout the soil. It was also kind of sad because we had to stop digging due to us not being professionals. There were probably more grave goods buried underneath but we wanted to remain respectful and stop digging since we did not have the right type of formal training.
No comments:
Post a Comment