Archaeology

This past week we have been working on a real excavation in Bergharen. Its some medieval stuff with the occasional prehistoric or Roman feature underneath. I found a big piece of pottery too. But I turned it in rather than pocketing it because they needed it to help date the site. Next time though... I am learning a lot about excavation and getting to rather good at some things. I can do all the drawings as well as dig holes. I am not so good at identifying soil layers and stratigraphy but come on, who is? The archaeologists are beginning to trust me to do things on my own too which means I will have more opportunities to steal artifacts! Also they let us ride in the shovel part of the crane thing which was fun. Clearly serious archaeology is happening here. We only have about 2 more days on the dig though because the developers want to start building their houses or buildings or whatever. it is kind of frustrating because we wont be able to get everything done in time but that's how it goes.
This weekend though should be exciting as the Vierdaagse comes to a close. A huge party is going down in the city tonight and I intend to be part of it. Except it is raining a lot a lot right now. Melissa and Myra will come hang out with me though. Also! The other night Melissa and I went out and saw some awesome cover bands and also saw 2 people we know! Of the hundreds of thousands of people in Nijmegen right now, we saw people we know. We might as well be locals. Tuesday night we watched fireworks while sitting on the dike outside our house. The fireworks were mediocre probably because Dutch people aren't good at blowing things up. But they did play Let It Snow during the show. I still haven't figured that one out. Crazy Dutch.
On Monday a new student will arrive and then another one will come the week after. We are hoping they are cool and not boring. And hopefully they will counteract some of the less agreeable residents of the house which I shall not mention by name.