As we settle into our "routine," each day begins with uncovering the excavation areas. Two weeks ago, that task took about 30-40 minutes to complete -- today, we are down to about 10-15 minutes...
Work continued on "Feature 14" -- our chimney base or cellar. As investigation continued today, we discovered that it is a very shallow square or rectangular feature -- probably the remnants of a chimney base for a large chimney.
As we excavate, we pay careful attention to what is under the large stones. The photo at left shows a large stone with "rubble and mortar" underneath it that we believe represents the "destruction" of the chimney. In other words, this stone was moved here after the chimney was destroyed. The photo at right shows another large stone with "clean" clay underneath it. In other words, this stone might still be in its original position. So, Left Stone gets removed and Right Stone remains in place for further mapping.
More discoveries of the day from the Structure 1 area continue to convince us that we have found a structure that people lived in... The photo below shows one of a pair of dice found today in the chimney base area (like you use to play Monopoly with!).
And we continue to find many buttons -- this is a nice shell button.
Work continues on Wednesday...