Still riding high from the success of yesterday, we spent today washing and sorting the rest of our artifact boxes. In honour of the home stretch, Iringa did its best to seem extra hot and desolate. If I never see quartz micro-debitage again, it might just be too soon. That being said, I’m ecstatic the work is done! At final count, we have 31 boxes of artifacts that we hope to send back to Canada for analysis over the next year. We’re leaving for Dar at the end of the week with the aim of accomplishing just that. Cross your fingers that our end of trip permits are processed faster than the ones at the beginning.
I still can’t quite believe that we’re done the archaeological component of our field work. I just spent the last 96 hours trying to record and collect an unexpected burial feature, and now it's suddenly all over. I even started packing today since we plan to leave early Thursday morning. This field season has been jammed packed with abrupt high and lows. Although we only have one day left, I’m suddenly not prepared to leave Iringa. What if I never come back? Tomorrow I plan to burn this town into my memory, just in case.
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Mapango, or just Pango, are rock shelters. These posts chronicle my experiences in a granite pango in southern Tanzania, as well as other hijinks from the field.
About Me
- Ebeth
- My name is Elizabeth and I'm an archaeologist. I'm also a palaeoanthropologist, a bioarchaeologist, and a physical anthropologist, depending on the day. I'm spending the summer excavating bones (and other treasures) from an archaeological site in Tanzania. Otherwise, I'm a typical graduate student who enjoys coffee, reality television, and long walks on the beach.
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