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L.D. Mouer wrote:
> Describing the role of site director, Wheeler cautions aspiring
> archaeologists to be ever-wary of lazy laborers who will go to sleep
> behind the spoil tips after each and every barrow full, unless watched
> like a hawk. He then tells his disciples that they should stand ever
> ready, with their very sharp knives sheathed at their sides, to leap into
> a pit, draw their knives swiftly, and to masterfully (and with minimal
> strokes) cut an impeccably clean section along the baulk
He used a knife to "cut an impecably clean section"? Way cool. I never
thought of that. I'm doing two "wheeler-style boxes" next week to "salvage"
some information on stratum under a historic column that is going to get a
new foundation. (-not my usual style - but the contractor is binding and
lifting two columns and before he pours the new concrete foundations, we're
going to excavate his little square holes for him and try to record what we
can of the original builders trenches.) So, if I'm not crushed beneath a
collapsing brick column, I'm going to try that knife thing on the side
walls. (gee....I always wanted a legitimate reason to wear a really huge
macho knife on my belt ..... and you say it impresses lazy laborers?
there's no downside to this thing) :-)
Linda Derry ( [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> )
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
Alabama Historical Commission
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