When you think of Archaeology you probably refer to what you see on television. Loosely showing what goes into excavating a site. They show the cool artifacts that they find and how easy it was to pull them up out of the ground. Have you noticed most shows don’t show how they are digging out the items? I went into this thinking it was like the shows, however, it was so much better!  Every day that you are on site there is a sweep to clean the area, kind of like doing surgery. Clean the area before you can cut through. This is what we did to get ready for our day most days, then wait for instructions on where and what we will be doing. Peeling back the layers of history a little at a time, looking for anything significant that you can see in changes of soil, seed, pieces of pottery or anything just different than what’s being pulled away. Paying attention to your area is key to finding these fragments of time. When that moment comes when you find something out of the ordinary there is a sense of joy, don’t worry, just go slow because it could be a few days before you get that out of the ground! Patience is key when digging! However, when you finally get out that item or those seeds, no feeling is greater than to show your directors what’s being uncovered. They’re amazing at giving you the background of what you have found as well to add excitement to what you just unearthed!