Not such a great start these past two days, considering the rain. Today I drove out to Highbanks, determined that the mud would not deter me. I dropped off the completed flier to Elizabeth, she loved it! (seen below) I decided that I would hike out to the site and maybe get some photos and see how far I could walk, and if I could get to the bluffs.
What’s Going On?
An archaeological excavation of the earthworks at Highbanks is taking place. Test pits are being dug along the earthwork walls which will hopefully yield evidence and information about the day-to-day lives of the Cole people. The last excavation of this site was done in the 1950s by the Ohio Historical Society. Very little is known about the Cole. It is the hope of the archaeologists to find ceramic artifacts such as cooking pots and those used for ceremonial purposes at the earthworks. Ceramic artifacts yield a great deal of information on the lives of past peoples. They can tell us what people cooked and ate, how they may have worshiped, and even if they traded with neighboring prehistoric peoples.
This limited excavation will take approximately two weeks.
Sponsored by the College of Wooster, approved by Highbanks Metro Park, in conjunction with the Ohio Historical Society, 2011
I Started off on my hike to the site and about two miles in realized I had gone the wrong way. On top of this fact it was very muggy and I was being eaten alive by mosquitoes. Ugh!!! I turned around and hiked back to the car, rounding out the trip with about four miles of hiking today. I drove home covered in sweat and mosquito bites. Tomorrow I will try yet again to go out to the site so pray that I learn to read a map and that this does not happen again.
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