With all the hiking, digging, lifting and screening, I found myself a bit sore and with a bit of back strain. So, I decided to stay at camp today and help Rebecca with some work. I also offered my…
Forget Las Vegas, Miami and New York – The real crime scene investigations are going on here at Stolbevaya. Each day we carry our shovels, screens, core sampler and a myriad of other helpful tools…
Without question getting to work can be very stressful. The traffic, the weather and the whole commuting scene can really be a drag. The commute to work today had it's ups and down as well. There…
First you choose a location and then measure out a 1 square meter. Hey kids, this is one of those applications of the Pythagorean Theorem, you use the length of the side to find the opposite corner…
Anyone who has raised a teenager, or taught one or has been in close proximity for an extended period of time will appreciate that teenagers cannot be scientists. As you know if you fit any of the…
A change of pace was in store for me today. Instead of joining the survey team, I was put with the excavation team. They have been conducting excavations and test pits at the group of depressions…
Yesterday's late start due to weather had Greg mandating an early start, rain or shine. Fortunately for us, it was the latter. So up early and out of camp by 9 AM we headed out in two teams for our…
You can't tell the players without a program! With all the pictures I have been sending along, I thought it might be helpful to you readers out there if I gave you a general idea who all these…
The Bering Sea is just outside our tents and a morning walk along the beach there offered good signs of a beautiful day ahead. With breakfast cooked over an open fire and our packs ready, we grabbed…
For the first time since we left for the remote wilderness we experienced rain. It came down in the early morning before we were stirring from our tents and kept on as a steady drizzle until well…
Kamchatka can be considered the big round up of archeological dig sites. Just getting here is so challenging that very few people ever get to see this place. Today I got a taste of why that is true…
Sleeping at the camp allows the group to get an early start for our travels out to the field. We use yet another bus to get back to the water relay station to get the belongings we left there…
