Wednesday, July 1, 2009

T+ 48



After forty eight hours in Taft, preparing for their arrival Dave and I finally got to meet the rest of our intrepid team; Anna, Bryan, Christina, Dawn, Jessica and our highly valued survey specialist Greg. We all got to know a bit about each other over a leisurely BBQ before the following day's introductory lectures, the high point being a talk by Julie on her excavations at Tashlipun.

With their appetities whetted Tuesday morning saw us head off to the preserve for the first time. Here, we were met by the staff of the Wildlands Conservancy; Dan, DC and Sheryl who spoke about the wonderful work going on on the preserve. A little wide-eyed after a saftey briefing covering rattle snakes, mountain lions and the heat the students finally got to visit some world class archaeology (see photograph above, where students are learning proper rock art etiquette while visiting one of the sites on the preserve).

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