Friday, April 29, 2011

Tulips!

When I was in the Netherlands, I visited the tulip gardens with several relatives. I took (too?) many pictures--here is a selection of those pictures. Enjoy!























Visiting

I was recently in the Netherlands for a few days, and I had a chance to visit several family members. Here are a few pictures from my visit.

My mom's sisters:

Me and Hans (cousin-in-law):

Aunt, her granddaughter, Aunt, and Uncle:

Proud Oma:

Saturday, April 23, 2011

In the Field

Remote sensing (looking for ancient structures using magnetometry):

Coring (to see the soil changes and find walls and floors without excavation) - pushing the corer down into the soil:

Once the corer is removed, here is the result:

The start of the excavation, removing the plowzone:

The surface collection team, recording the artifacts found in each block:

One of the skeletons we found:


Screening soil from the excavation: