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Thursday, June 08, 2006
Let it Rain
Cofradia, Honduras
We finally got some rain most of yesterday evening and into this morning. The power went out, interestingly because when it rains the town of Cofradia will shut down the power supply as a precaution. It was still off when we left for the field this morning so I had to go without coffee...a very bad thing especially when I get up every work morning at 6am. In the field my trench had not been destroyed but there was quite a bit of water accumulation in the deepest pits on either end. I was pretty much done with that anyway so we extended a few units across the top of the structure. Nothing too dramatic but some nice large sherds in one lot along with a bunch of carbon. They were burning something at the top, perhaps ritually. In essence, I´m excavating a big pile of rocks. This particular structure is in terrible condition after many centuries of sitting abandoned so its more frustrating than rewarding. I´ve also realized that this is my ¨getting to know Honduras¨season because I´m not doing anything I´m particularly interested in doing for my Masters. Next year will prove to be more productive, I hope.
Posted by Will at June 8, 2006 06:47 PM in Honduras 2006
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Can we see some pictures of your site?
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at June 13, 2006 11:00 PM