i had grand plans to upload some photos and have this great blog to make up for the length of time that has past since the previous posting... but I can't use my jump drive at this internet cafe. dangit.

well, here's the scoop anyways.

we are now entering our 4th week of digging here at Lefkandi. This last week was nice becasue the first two we were basically digging rectangular trenches of nothing but topsoil. this week we actually reached archaeological levels, just beneath the surface really, but it's all about being north or south of this big wall. (north there is nothing until very deep, south you dig 30 cm and you hit mycenaen beuildings). my trench is all about outlining what the extent of this boundary wall is and how the area connects to what was founf to the south last year. so now I have a part of the large wall and a couple of other, unexpected, smaller walls.
it's exciting. i promise.

I am a trench supervisor, which means that I tell the pickman and the other two workers where to dig, etc. so far I;ve had a greek speaking assistant to communicate through, but things are getting swapped around this week and i will have someone who doesn't speak greek assisting. This should be interesting. It'll be alright, i think, becasue i have picked up enough to generally get the main point across, it's just the details that I worry about. at any rate, my greek should improve by force, which is a bright side.

i'm going to leave it there for now... i promise though that I will flesh it out soon, i think the other internet cafe i go to should be able to upload a few photos which will make all the difference.

love you all and miss you