Today we had our first dig site for my archaeology class I teach. It was hilarious! I buried like 30$ worth of thrift store antiques in a field that my school owns about three weeks ago, and I took my favorite group of students out there for their first field dig. I have never seen teenage boys enjoy digging around in the dirt for items of equal-or-lesser value than a cheeseburger more than I did today.After about 20 minutes they started to lose some steam, then I told one of the boys in jest that there might be a slurpee buried another foot underneath where he was digging. The mysterious slurpee was never recovered, but James now has a nice callous and a broken shovel to prove he wasn't going to pass up a chance that it might exist.
Stats for the Dig:
Artifacts recovered: 16
Claims of heat stroke: 204
Actual cases of heat exhaustion: .5
Cubic ft of dirt excavated with 99 cent garden trowels: 8
Boys who now want to become professional Archaeologists: 6/6
3 comments:
You sound like the coolest teacher ever.
Nicely done B Walker...I like where you are going with this.
I'm glad it was such a success!! So...maybe I forgot to send you those pictures I promised. Sorry about that. I'm sure it was as authentic as anything I ever did.
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