発掘調査に参加しているVe'Amber Millerの投稿です。
As the season comes to an end, we would like to feature a series of posts from the field school students from the Western team. Today's entry was contributed by Ve'Amber, who talks about her experience at the field school lab.
View of Mt. Rishiri from the lab
"The BHAP team has one of the most interesting and coolest archaeological lab locations, hands down. The building is a recently abandoned elementary school that has plenty of storage and work space. It is known affectionately as ラボ （labo) by the team and placed on the edge of a hill overlooking the Sea of Japan that also faces towards the neighboring volcano, Mt. Rishiri. Outside, flotation bags are done for pit and hearth samples. However, the processing of all archaeological finds in the elementary school's gymnasium is only the beginning of the best part of lab.
Special Finds laid out to dry in the lab
General finds are located on the opposite side of the lab
There have been a wave of finds coming in every day, everything from a Meiji era coin, dog skulls, Satsumon pottery clusters, and an obsidian scraper. All finds go through the lab's processing as either General Finds or Special Finds. They are both laid out to dry for about a day in separate area and then go through dry cleaning. Finally, they are sorted into the appropriate places so they can shipped and stored. It all sounds really simple, but an initial introduction to the labeling and tagging process can be a lot to get a hold of at first. Though, the lab can get tedious, it's where finds get a closer and second look, with soil and sand brushed off for the first time in hundreds or thousands of years. "
The inside of the lab before the start of the excavation
Ve'Amber Miller
Cornell College '15
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