Summer Dig
Ditch
Although Tansy’s annual trip to Haida Gwaii as assistant archaeologist was cancelled this year, she and her favourite photographer (and Archaeologist) have been moving dirt in the back yard.
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Pit
After hiking through the ditch, Tansy jumped down into the pit…
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wall
…where she helped inspect the walls and floor.
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plastic
The topsoil layer revealed some corrugated plastic…
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Bone
…and with her eagle eye, Tansy spotted a bone near the bottom!
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Glass
Her favourite find was a beautiful fragment of pressed glass.
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Hot
Archaeology can be hot work…Tansy went to sit in the shade and drink some water…
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records
…and then recorded the finds…
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rest
…before breaking off for the day!!
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Quimper Hittys 
We can tell Tansy has been trained by an expert. She works by the book. And she has choice tools too! I love the fact that she doesn’t simply sit and watch…she gets her hands dirty…she’s a very dedicated pupil!
Tansy loves to help, and doesn’t want to mess up the information! Luckily her favourite photographer is a good teacher, and she is fast becoming an expert herself!
Tansy is a total trip. (a saying here meaning entertaining, fun, exciting, amusing) Love the way she makes the best of this current situation, showing us all to keep on keeping on.
There are interesting things all around, and even underground! Tansy is enjoying working in the back yard…she says the food is better on this project than on some, and she likes being able to sleep in a real bed with sheets!
How nice that Tansy can do some digging and recording this year despite not being going to the Haida Gwaii. Thank you dear Tansy for sharing your finds with us.
Tansy is glad to share the fun! She is glad to keep on digging, so she doesn’t lose the knack, and her favourite digging companion is glad of the company.
Excellent day’s work for Tansy! She has earned a rest in a comfy lounge chair. I’m glad she was prepared with a water bottle.
It’s important to keep hydrated when working in the hot sun!
I found myself admiring Tansy’s hat and wishing that I had a human size one just like it! Love her dress, too! Are the artifacts from the dig going to become something fascinating in the Hitty household?
Tansy does love her hat – it is very like one that her favourite photographer wears out in the sun – very shady brim, and a good colour (already dusty brown, so it doesn’t show the dirt!).
Tansy is a great help in the field, and loves turning what would otherwise be routine digging into an exciting day of finds and lab work. I can’t imagine what I would do without her help.
🙂 Tansy loves the project, and the being with you out in the field – and the finds make this just as fun!
oh, good for Tansy – but what is she doing digging in her nice dress? I like her pressed glass. Years ago I found a clay pipe while starting the veggie garden and I’ve found bits of crockery where I know previous residents burned garbage.
Tansy thought she might encourage exciting bones and other objects to show up if she wore her dinosaur bone dress…the steak bone was the closest they found to dinosaurs though. How exciting to find a clay pipe!
Glad to see Tansy had her hat on. It looked like a sunny day and we must be careful of our complexions!
Yes indeed, and her shady hat was just the thing! She and her favourite digging companion were slathered with sunscreen too!
that is a lot of digging…no wonder Tansy is weary! The favorite photographer has been pretty busy. That looks like good black dirt…and no rocks. Unlike here where the rocks are EVERYWHERE! Love the photos and Tansys shovel!
It is a lot of digging, and the soil is getting harder and dryer – but they are making good progress. They each have a very shiny shovel, and like to keep them polished and clean! Not too many rocks in this spot, thankfully, just a lot of annoying grass roots, and clay 30 cm below the surface.
what a fab little clipboard. I have to say that I’m keeping my eye out for miniatures now !
Thanks! The clipboard is made from a wee tiny clip that was attached to a fancy bulletin board pushpin (I removed the pin). I bought it at a fancy stationer’s shop…the board part is made a bit of veneer that was lying around, cut small and edges rounded.