PKAP 2012: Left Behind

Everything in Mediterranean Archaeology is better when you’re sick. The only time I get to go into the field is when there was when the team needed someone to do something so boring that no healthy person should be subjected to it.

So this morning, after reporting a metal detectorist to the local police, we worked to set up the total station. The challenge of this was to establish the total station in relation to our existing site plan established by 5 years of intensive GPS survey. After a few false starts, I think we’re close to working this out.

UND M.A. alumni Aaron Barth (left) and Brandon Olson (at the Total Station)

Fortunately, UND alumnus Brandon Olson (and current Boston University Ph.D. candidate) was willing to be patient with the total station and surf through myriad settings to figure out how to get it set up for on the height of Vigla. It is good to have competent and willing team members.

Since I did not venture out into the field after lunch – as I try to manage my cold – I worked to get things set up for our first day in the museum where we are going to spend some quality time reviewing the Hellenistic pottery from the area that we plan to excavate later in the week.