The end of the field work component of the summers field school. The last bit of yesterday and this morning was spent backfilling all the units (putting the loose dirt back into them, partially so there's no giant holes and also so that the walls and such are still preserved).
After an awesome cookout last night, provided by some the members of the K'omoks Nation (which included fresh gathered oysters and fire cooked salmon) everyone was happy and satisfied to be heading back home today.
What's really awesome is that our finds have already been gathering a lot of attention. The inscribed tablets have been getting a lot of interest, because their has only been six sites (including ours) that any of those tablets have been found.
We not only got an article in the local Comox paper, but also a short article in Archaeology Magazine (links to both below). This makes all of us really proud of the work we did, and how that can contribute to the knowledge of the northwest coast.
The article in the newspaper...
http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/387667641.html?mobile=true
The Archaeology Magazine article...
http://www.archaeology.org/news/4665-160721-british-columbia-tablets
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| Hard at work backfilling |
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| Cooling salmon, on cedar, in a style that has been used for millenia |
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