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2nd Week

June 29, 2023 by Daniel McDonough

This week we began our archaeological dig at the site of the Kennerly school. The Roberson project organised a community dig, so we had several members of the surrounding community coming to help us out. This was a great experience because I got to learn more about how shovel tests are conducted as well as interact with the community some more. On some of the test pits we used a soil auger to bore down to the natural subsoil, so ithe professor taught me how to use that tool, which was cool. Unfortunately, it rained most of the week so we had to cancel or stop digging early on some days, but we were still able to finish up our shovel tests and get some interesting artifacts. It was great to get to know some more members of the community, and some even shared their experience of going to the Kennerly school which was helpful for our research. Digging outside in the Tennessee Summer is not easy, and i went home tired every day, but it was worth it to interact more with the community and get more hands on archaeological experience.

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