Since we left Costa Rica a lot has happened. The semester has seen most of the students back in class, busily working on papers and […]
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Trip Photo Album
We would like to thank our followers for reading all about our field work in Costa Rica. Today is, sadly, our last day in Cahuita, […]
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A Conversation with Luis and Minor
Sometimes archaeologists get to feel like CSI sleuths. When attempting to research sites and understand the site formation processes and histories, oftentimes we must look […]
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Costa Rica was crying for us
Today was our last day of work on the sites. We had to clean up the cannon site and take final GPS points and, of […]
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One Week Down – A Crew Chief’s Perspective
Sunday marked the end of the first week of our field school here in Costa Rica. For most of us, getting on the plane a […]
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Cannons, Corals, and Counts, Oh My!
Nine days in and the team continues to roll right along. Work on the Cannon Site was nearly completed today after Hannah, Kelsey, and I […]
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Shore Diving – An Adventure in Cahuita National Park
Today we only had two boats available to take us to the wreck sites. The snorkel group, which included Dr. Harris, Dr. Richards, Kelsey, Wale, […]
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Finishing the Cannon Site
Today, two groups basically finished working on the cannon and anchor site. My group was in charge of taking the compass bearings for each of […]
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Excitement on the boat
Today, we saw first-hand the dangers of the ocean that we might encounter any given day on a job site. While on the boat, monitoring […]
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Trilateration, Trials, and Tribulations
After a successful day of diving and rectifying the spatial distances between each cannon yesterday, my team was confident that finishing the last of these […]
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