It was a busy first weekend in the TARDIS for the SEQuadrant with all groups working hard to excavate and record their layers. Here are the results so far:
Superposition:
After initial work to clean and take levels in their squares, Superposition began excavating in C2 and D2. Wooden logs which were part of the historical layers were removed from both squares allowing work on area below. Superposition have made their way through the historical layers in both squares finding three artefacts in C2 (2 glass and 1 metal). They have reached the sterile layer, and are heading into the Mesoamerican layer but as yet no finds have been unearthed. However a noticeable mound is in the layer which extends from C2 into C1. Superposition have changed strategy from digging in spits to digging in contexts, due to sterile layer coming through so quickly. Excavation will continue into the new layers.
Mudd:
Mudd is excavating squares C3 and D3 and will be concentrating on C3 while D3 will remain untouched from last year. The top layer of C3 was removed as it was assumed to be wash from other areas of the site since last year but soon it was discovered to be the beginning of the Mesoamerican when a scatter of obsidian lithics was found directly above some red stones. These finds changed the strategy immediately and stratigraphic digging began along a North-South section of the square. The eastern side of the section was excavated and more red flat rocks began to appear but the extent of them still remains to be excavated.
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