... these days I get to leave my office and head out to do some actual hands on archaeology. I've just returned from 2 weeks in the Chichester Range, Pilbara. We excavated three rock shelters, got filthy, had some fun and found a heap of cool stuff. Hopefully we can get some interesting dates from the charcoal we recovered. I do miss this patch of earth, it was good to be back among the heat and bush. Hopefully back again in December to re-excavate the rock shelter that gave us a 42,000 yrs bp date last year. Okay, enough boring archaeology speak, time for some pics...
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| Some of the caves we excavated |
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| The crew deal with 6am starts in different ways, note the body language |
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| Setting up the canopies as the sun rises above the hill |
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| Dry, hot, sometimes dusty but I wouldn't be anywhere else |
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| and of course the lunch tree was most awesome |
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| all this sieving makes for the sometimes dusty moments |
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| yeah so I had one glove on and one glove off |
Some of the visitors we had each day - Kangaroo and a Snake (well the snake's skin at least)
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| Oh and these huge mosquito type bugs who just sat waiting, watching... planning |
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| Can't wait to get back there |
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