I finished the pre-session course I took on Friday. It was all about biological anthropology which studies human/primate variation today and in the past (a.k.a. human evolution). We spent quite a bit of time in class looking at skulls - skulls of modern humans and great apes and skulls of early hominids - and learning the differences between features. Yesterday afternoon, as I on a plane to Memphis, I kept looking out the window and seeing the skulls of Homo erectus and Australopithicus and gorillas in the clouds. Who would have guessed that class would have such an impact? I think I should tell Dr. Moore-Jansen about it when I get back to score some brownie points ... or maybe they would just be nerd points.
What is my problem with packing sharp objects in my carry-on luggage? Does anyone besides Joe Dick remember when I tried to pass a few large J.A. Henckels kitchen knives through security in Frankfurt, Germany. Yep, the language barrier didn't help the situation either. This time I tried to bring my 10 in. metal file (for filing shovels and trowels, not nails) on board. I must have looked innocent because the lady told me with great regret she would have to keep it at the airport. Oh, well.
Now I am here in Lakeview, FL or Avon Park, or whatever the name of this town is. The motel is pretty cool, it's old and the rooms have neat little closets and old-school sinks. There's lots of good woodwork too. We just had an orientation meeting so I met the other people I will be working with. Apparently, we have to dig at least eighteen circular shovel test pits a day (spaced according to the field supervisor) that are 1 m deep and 50 cm in diamter. Sounds like a lot of work to me. At least the soil is sandy.
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