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I had a great morning at The Archaeology lab at Saint Mary’s U. We had an expert talk about Ceramics. Some of the examples I recognize from the material finds at Louisbourg. I learned loads, that will help in my Archeaology volunteering and also my antique hunting.
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Another fantastic archeaology lecture at Saint Mary’s U. last night.
A little Geology and a little Archeaology what could be better.
I’m a nerd, and I love Archeaology. Put the two together and you end up at a lecture on geophysics and Archeaology. It was fascinating really, but I need to know more about Grande-pre now. The weather here really isn’t good enough for an outdoor quest, I’ll have to start my quest at the library. Wish me luck!!
I had a great afternoon, doing some Archeaology at the Shubie Park. It was a beautiful day.
I was lucky to have been able to attend a lecture at Saint Mary’s University, one of my old stomping grounds, Tuesday evening. Dr Douglas Owlsy is a famous forensic anthropologist from the Smithsonian institute. He has worked on a number of high profile Cases, Jeffery Dalmer, 9-11, and I recognize him from Forensic Files. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time he spoke of his latest project involving the remains found in the Cheasapeake bay area. Namely Jamestown and Saint Mary’s. It was a hard life for those colonists and the hardships were apparent in the bones they left behind. It was fascinating.
I stayed until after question period. I have now joined as a life-time member of the NS Archeaology society. Their upcoming monthly talks sounds super interesting to this Archeaology nerd;)
We had a day of preparing the site for recording. We did overhead photos to map the site. The Archeologists surveyed all three open sites and then we did some research. Finding stonework similar to what we found at the site has been a challenge. The many fireplaces that have been reconstructed on site do not have the same pattern of stonework. There’s the mystery. I’ll have to wait for answers unfortunately. I ended my week as I usually do at Kennington Cove. Here’s a few pics:
I hope I get back again next for another adventure.
Today turned out to be a beautiful day. The sun was finally shining again. The little family of cormorants I see on my drive into and out of The Fortress was basking in the sunshine on my way to the Inn. The mystery has begun. The artifacts are telling us the story. Every layer gives us a little more information and a lot of times it adds to the mystery. The area I worked in today is a mess of brick and stones, we suspect is a collapsed chimney. I spent most of the day cleaning that up to prepare for overhead pictures in the morning. The House turned Brewery is suppose to have a double fireplace with enough room for two burners on each side. We found a pavé slate floor Yesterday, we removed that today to get to the next level. It’s a tedious process but I find it very grounding.
I strolled around the fortress this morning before the tourists arrived peeping in windows. Here’s what I saw…
Sigh…I’m on vacation at my favourite vacation spot Fortress Louisbourg National Historical site. I’m volunteering on an archeaology dig, it’s my eighth year! It was an interesting day. I love being outside, digging in the dirt. The process of an archeaology excavation is soothing to my soul (and my type A personally).
The site consists of a brewery, according to historical plans.
It was rather foggy today, good weather for digging. 
We found a Bale Seal:
Stay tuned for Day two!
The Canada Reads showdown is starting soon, here is another review, my obvious favorite so far.
It was refreshing to be invited along on a journey through a life instead of being an audience to a lecture on life. Through the authors eyes a gay male in a increasingly strict religious society I was witness to this societal change of ideal and how devastating it can be to a persons identity, permanently scarring the soul. The author who’s facing his own challenges, being gay and finding where he fits in the world is a perfect narrator of this story. A story that needs to be told from a person seen as an outsider of his own culture, he knows how the rest of his adopted Canadian culture sees the conflicts and he expresses this throughout the novel, as he distances himself from his family whose ideologies are changing and are becoming foreign to him. This story can be applied to many cultures and times through history when the young have moved away from home or homeland to set up a new life elsewhere either because of conflict or change of view. If we look into the past of our own country or family, this idea is repeated over and over. We can see it in the aboriginal history in Canada, and the immigrant experience. Thank you Kamal Al-Solaylee.
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