http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage Matilda Joslyn Gage Dig Blog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:17:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi again - I wrapped up the excavations during the second week of September, and am now back in Berkeley, busily processing all of the artifacts with a great team of undergraduates. In the meantime, the intact medicine bottle with embossed information we found this summer has been ... http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage/?p=76 As it happens, today is rainy and I'm using this opportunity to write this long-overdue update on the excavations over the past two weeks. First off - a day or so after the last post, a film crew from WSTM NBC Syracuse came to the site, and did a lovely story ... http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage/?p=75 We've had a productive week, despite the almost-daily thunderstorms. Last Friday, we were joined by our first new volunteer of the season, Carol, and we opened up a new unit new to the ones we had been working on, along the western edge of last season's units. Right ... http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage/?p=74 Today was another productive day, and we are nearly done with the unit we began yesterday. We returned this evening for the Foundation's hosting of the Manlius Chamber of Commerce, and were on hand to show visitors the site and our most recent finds. Tomorrow will be our ... http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage/?p=73 The equipment arrived! We were able to put in a good half day of excavating today, and had a great start. We opened up a new excavation unit, to the northwest of some of the units we opened last summer - just off of the southwest corner of ... http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage/?p=72 Today Krissy and I spent the morning getting equipment organized and checking on how the site weathered the winter. Units that we had finished completely were filled in at the end of last summer, but the area surrounding the stone foundation found was covered with plywood and tarps to ... http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage/?p=71 Well, August is here and we are getting set to start up excavations at the Gage House once again - tomorrow! This summer, we will be continuing the excavations that we started last year, concentrating on the area behind the house. We will be trying to figure out ... http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage/?p=70 Two of the more exciting artifacts we found this summer were sherds of a small child’s plate with the alphabet embossed on the plate rim. The two fragments fit together perfectly, and represent about a fifth or sixth of the entire plate. The well of the plate (the ... http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage/?p=69 Music of the Day: Work Song from Les Misérables Diggers Log: July 12, 2007 It has been four days since we have been assigned to this desolate landscape. We are quickly running out of food, water, and stamina. As we look out across the barren moonscape of mottled clay and large rocks ... http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage/?p=55 Well, we finished excavations for the summer on August 14th, and I'm back in Berkeley now that classes have started again. I am working with a great group of undergraduate students this semester (including two who participated in the field school this summer), and we'll be doing some excavations ... http://iis.syr.edu/WP/gage/?p=68