The daily "Wildlife lessons" continue... Apparently having seen the many mentions of mice in our webpages, a very interested local resident showed up this morning to tour the "digs." Following our safety protocols, students vacated the area while trained staff member Chris removed the large but non-poisonous visitor. He/she was relocated to another part of the property. While we are unable to confirm or deny any relationship -- only one mouse was located under our plastic today.
Exposure of our "big feature" continued today -- despite rain that started about 11:30 and lasted until after 2:00 pm. We made significant progress on exposing the fourth corner of this feature -- despite some massive tree roots intruding into the excavation area.
We continue to find large quantities of artifacts in each excavation area...
Including many fragments of slate writing tablets like the one shown below...
We were slowed a bit by the rain today, but hope to have the center of Structure 1 exposed early on Friday morning -- and begin investigating its mysteries. Check back on Friday evening for some new discoveries!