Workin' on the highway

I assume that most people would not be enthused about a job that puts you working within feet of a busy highway and requires you to wear a neon-colored safety vest at all times.  Clearly, I'm not most people.

I've returned from my first work session along Highway 491, and am happy to report that I think I'm really going to enjoy this project.  Fun people, cool archaeology, and cooler temperatures.  And, I get to stay in this swanky (with heavy sarcastic emphasis on that word) hotel room with a full wall of mirrors.

We have a whole bunch of prehistoric sites (like 25 or so) on this project, and while they're not all incredibly interesting, it's going to be cool to be able to work on that many different sites ranging from Archaic lithic scatters to Pueblo roomblocks and up through historic Navajo roasting pits and hogans.  And maybe if I'm lucky, there will be some additional work in the way of ceramics for me to analyze after this fieldwork is all wrapped up.  

For your reference, these are photos from interesting sites:

And this is a photo from a very non-interesting site:

Heading back out again on Monday!  More photos and updates later.