Yesterday was beautiful weather, and while we finished up the DUALEM survey John was able to get the kite flying and took some outstanding photos of the grid. More on that later – meanwhile, here’s an action shot!
John brings the kite back to earth after a successful flight
Rocks, especially large rocks, can influence the electromagnetic field produced by our geophysical instruments. To make sure we only sensed buried archaeological features, we had to move part of a large rock pile away from our survey grid. Some readers may remember moving this rock out of the excavation in 2009 – Doug, John, Myra and Hannah moved it again!
Experimental archaeology! We had to move this very heavy rock out of range of the survey instruments. It was quite an operation.
Today it was cold, windy, and rainy, and we had a visit from our friendly local backhoe operator! Before Guðný starts to excavate, we needed to remove the soil down to the level of the 2009 excavation (which we had covered with a geotextile before backfilling). John directed operations while the rest of us started shovel scraping.
John directing the backhoe driver to clear off the soil down to our 2009 excavation.
Tomorrow: backhoe and shovels, part II!
