Ohio Historical Society visit

Today it rained so we did not go out into the field but we did go to the Ohio Historical Society, to the archives building, to look over Baby's field notes. Linda Pansing was so helpful for putting out all of the materials and also identifying what I thought were ceramic sherds but what were in fact just rocks. Kind of sad that I have yet to find ceramics but I am pushing onward.
We mainly wanted to look at the maps which Baby created of the site and see where he dug his trenches. The only thing is that he didn't mark all of the trenches he dug on the map. He talks about 4 trenches, one of which was 80 feet long! All of his trenches were about 5 feet wide and ranged in length, and he talks about expanding them in his notes so the overall length is up in the air. It would have been awesome if we could have seen where he excavated so we ourselves did not end up digging in the same place but we will have to figure it out another way. We made copies of the map anyway so that we can use it to mark where we excavate. I work this weekend so we will not be going out to the site but hopefully next week we can finish test unit 1 and uncover some great artifacts.
Here are links to 2 of the Ohio Historical Society's blogs if anyone is interested:

http://ohiohistory.wordpress.com//

http://ohio-archaeology.blogspot.com/

terribly overdue

So this is going to be a long update, considering that I have not posted in a while.
Firstly I got an A on my Geology I.S.
I completed my Archaeology I.S., topping at 84 pages! Also an A
My proposal was approved and I received my permit for excavation this past Monday in mail.
I want to thank all of the park staff and people at the Ohio Historical Society including Brad Lepper, Brent Eberhard, Linda Pansing, Richard Rapp, Elizabeth Fields, John Watts, and so many others who I am sure I am forgetting.
I am so excited to be starting excavations, and as an undergrad it is an even bigger honor to have been given this chance. I hope that the weather gets better and that all of my hard work pays off in a great excavation. The project will begin on Thursday, May 26th, so in a week!!!!! I am going up to Wooster to pick up equipment from the Geology and Archaeology departments.
On Thursday Richard and Elizabeth will walk me around the site and I will do some initial survey, no intensive stuff that day. I have to watch out for a population of salamanders, though I think it should be fine. I intend to begin real excavations on Friday, weather premitting, and go straight through to June 12th, which is a Sunday.
I really hope that I can blog just about everyday, or every other day, so that there is an ongoing record of excavation and findings, I plan on posting photos, etc.
This is such a wonderful opportunity for me and I cannot stop smiling about it!
Wish me luck everyone!!!