Today was our first full day of actual digging. My team and I are in charge of excavating a certain part of the dig site, which we believe to be some sort of a room. We spent all day filling buckets of dirt and exposing rocks to haul off in an attempt to get to the floor. During this process we found a few small animal bones, shards of glass and pottery. I found a small broken glass base to a bottle which Dr. Schuler believes we can use to help get us more accurately date the site. Another interesting find was a part of a column that was used as part of a wall. (Back in the day people would use what they could find to help build a structure) I even saw my very first scorpion, which I killed after naming him Lyle. To be honest (which I always am) today was really difficult and draining. I have not done this much physical labor at any time in my life and I’m extremely sore. However, I do have to say that clearing all the rocks and seeing how much work we got done today was really rewarding. I had a little bit of anxiety when we were exposing the rock, but our team handled it very well in addition to working together to accomplish a similar goal. The best part of today I would have to say is getting a bottle of wine, a plate of grapes, going to the beach with good people, and watching the Sea of Galilee while having amusing and wonderful conversations!
July 1, 2013
Rocks rocks and MORE rocks!!!!
0by Dr. Mark Schuler • 2013
Day 2
Today was our first full day of actual digging. My team and I are in charge of excavating a certain part of the dig site, which we believe to be some sort of a room. We spent all day filling buckets of dirt and exposing rocks to haul off in an attempt to get to the floor. During this process we found a few small animal bones, shards of glass and pottery. I found a small broken glass base to a bottle which Dr. Schuler believes we can use to help get us more accurately date the site. Another interesting find was a part of a column that was used as part of a wall. (Back in the day people would use what they could find to help build a structure) I even saw my very first scorpion, which I killed after naming him Lyle. To be honest (which I always am) today was really difficult and draining. I have not done this much physical labor at any time in my life and I’m extremely sore. However, I do have to say that clearing all the rocks and seeing how much work we got done today was really rewarding. I had a little bit of anxiety when we were exposing the rock, but our team handled it very well in addition to working together to accomplish a similar goal. The best part of today I would have to say is getting a bottle of wine, a plate of grapes, going to the beach with good people, and watching the Sea of Galilee while having amusing and wonderful conversations!