In the 1990's there was a dig to add a new entrance to the underground mosque on the Temple Mount. They took all the dirt and just dumped it. (You would think that on a place as contested as the Temple Mount they would do careful archaeological work...but they didn't.)
So a group has put together a program where volunteers can come in, sift the "garbage" from the above dig, and try to find cool stuff. We got a group together and went. I thought it was super enjoyable and I absolutely loved it.
First we would choose a bucket, dump it in the sifter, and rinse the dirt off of everything.
We would then sort through the material trying to find 6 different categories--pottery, special stones, metal, bone, mosaic pieces, and glass.
And then put it in big buckets so that real archaeologists could sort through all the pieces we found and date them.
Some of our finds were considered "special" and got to go on the special plate. Within our group we had a roman nail, a glass mosaic piece, a roof tile, and a gold mosaic piece.
It was such a fabulous day and I enjoyed it so much!
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| My archeology team! |
2 comments:
I love all the new pictures. And...your braided scarf--genius!!! You really have learned lots of new ways to tie your scarves! Also, I should just call you Belle for getting water in your eyes and crying about it...oh wait, you are much more brave than Belle is. I miss you. Please come home in 10 days. Okay, thanks!
So....are you going to switch your major to archeology? :)
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