Adventures in Portugal

Thursday, July 07, 2005

Getting into it!





Hey everybody!! Today was really exciting because we started to remove dirt off of the top of the chamber. We already found portions of a skull and the top of the vertebra. It was way cool. I personally didn´t do any digging todaybecausee I set up the grid and took elevation measurements using a set reference point and a level. I´ve done this type of work before only with much more advanced equipment and a GPS locator. This type of stuff really interests me and I think that it is what I want to study in Graduate school if I decide to go on. I will show you a picture of me using the level and you can see for yourselves. The creI i work with is really nice except for two things: They´re all women and all liberals. This thing in London had them all upset and blaming the US for the bombings but of course I in my infinite wisdom set them straight. Actually I ticked them off. They want to live in a free world and enjoy all the freedom that the US provides but not pay anything for it. Enough of that because they still like me on the whole. Well tomorrow is supposed to be a bunch of digging in the morning and then a lecture in the afternoon so I better get off and get prepared. Please pray for me that I return safely and that I can still uphold my Christian conservative beliefs. Next post will be probably Sunday. Same bat time same bat channel. The pictures I have uploaded are of the 16th century monastery in Lisbon, me using the level, and two different sides of the Dolemn which are slabs that surround the burial chamber where we are digging. Kinda looks like Stonehenge only not so grand.

2 Comments:

At 3:19 PM, Blogger mock said...

very cool stuff! i actually believe you are the first real life archaeologist i know. (the rest are on tv.) i'll be praying that you will stay strong on the trip. take lotsa pictures of the lost ark when you dig it up.

 
At 7:39 PM, Blogger Tami G said...

I'm glad you're having a good time (and learning a lot too!- that's always a high point). I'm looking forward to reading the rest of your posts and seeing your pictures. You're in my prayers- who knows what God is going to do in your part of the world in the next five weeks!

 

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