Happy Commonwealth Day! We here in Dominica have contrived to miss the Daylight Savings Time swichover, so we’re once again keeping the same time as you East Coasters. On Saturday, our “day off,” we finished up the last few bits … Continue reading →

The jungle around what is probably the enslaved laborer village at Sugar Loaf needed to be cleaned up before doing some GPR survey.  The less space between the antenna and the ground, the better reading we get.  Brian and Doug got to work … Continue reading →

I realize you’ve had no word from us since setting out on our 14.2 mile hike this past Sunday.  Never fear – thanks to Elvis, our guide, we made it through the Valley of Desolation to Boiling Lake and out … Continue reading →

As it turned out, the goats did not eat all our flags overnight, and we were able to complete a few surveys using the EM-38, EM-31, and GPR. John, Brian, Doug, Mark, and Ken took care of that while I … Continue reading →

We completed our first grid and ran the GPR with the 400 MHz antenna.  It was sunny and hot, and the surface had lots of stones, which made the going a little difficult.  The Radargrams look good.  Saturday, we will try the … Continue reading →

Today we started our survey at one of the village sites near Bois Cotlette (see map in previous post).  The first stage of a survey – after we walk around the site and get an idea of what kind of … Continue reading →

After we got off the plane, we took a quick site visit to then Northern Site of Sugar Loaf.  From left to right, Mark, Brian, Ken, Doug, & Kat explore on of the earthen terraces or platforms where the enslaved laborers lived.

 A few of us are off to the Caribbean island of Dominica to test out some Geophysical methods and techniques.  Mark Hauser of Northwestern is running the operation consulting with Ken Kelly of the University of South Carolina.  The  expedition is funded by the Wenner … Continue reading →