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, but that does not mean the project is over! While we pack up and head home to North Carolina, we would like to share our amazing trip with you! Please, … Read more
Today we started mapping the brick site using the baseline we set two days ago. Each of us was assigned a “unit” to map to scale, and we attached a tape measurer to the baseline to take offsets within our section. We decided to use a 5 centimeters to 1 meter scale and prepped our … Read more
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 measurements would go smoothly. While we were working on the first measurement, an un-numbered cannon was discovered. It seemed as if the cannon had been previously found on the free … Read more
Today on our second site (The Brick Site), we were able to successfully lay our baseline! We originally snorkeled around the site to find the locations on which we would tie our polypropylene line. Then Jeremy, Devin, and I were able to go down on SCUBA and secure the line to a head of coral … Read more
In preparation for the Costa Rica summer field school, students, crew chiefs, and faculty met in Eller every day during the week prior to departure. The first day we were handed a lot of archaeological equipment. Each participant is required to carry some gear in order for the field school to accomplish its goals during the … Read more
I have been fortunate enough to be involved in several ECU projects. This year, I am a crew chief. The position is offered to select second and third year graduate students to give us a leadership opportunity and the chance to act as mentors to the new class. Crew chiefs have the interesting dilemma of … Read more