It's been an exciting few days! We took a field trip to the Mimbres Valley last weekend to visit some other archaeological sites, and camped out at a nearby ranch. And two bears decided to come check out our dinner! I only got a photo of the baby, but the mom was close by. They retreated quickly and never showed up again, but it was a strange combination of scary and awesome to see them up close.
AND... we are digging through a room filled with burned corn!! And we found some pieces of a basket!! These are both pretty spectacular things that very few people ever get to see underground, so I feel pretty lucky We dug through the floor of the second story, and are now digging through the fill of the first floor room below. Apparently this first floor room was filled with corn cobs (probably as a store room), and then at some point it burnt down, carbonizing everything in the room. So everything is very fragile and crumbly, but very well preserved and sparkly! This rocks.
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| Pile 'o corn |
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| A piece of a basket!! |
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