Week 2

Normally I don´t like mondays, but for this job I can´t wait for the weekend to end. My leggs feel like they are filled with lead and I don´t really feel like walking around staring at the ground. But I just can´t wait to see what´s out there, to see what´s just around the hill.

First leisterpoint of the day.

Preworked leisterpoint.

The guys jumping over a ditch that crossed our path.

This morning Pernille Foss from the Saxo institute in Copenhagen joined us with four Danish students. About two years ago Pernille tougth me how to draw artefacts. I´m happy she´s here, this will give me a chance to ask some questions about artefact illustration, that I´ve been thinking about.

Some of the guys looking at a pile of dumped flint, found in situ.

So far we have found 13 bonepoints during survey, and tons of other cool things. We´re now finished surveying the south parts of the bog, and started surveying the north. Finding all the bonepoints in one area made me think. Why did we find the bonepoints in this area? Was it because the area was good fishing grounds? Or is it because the bonepoints have been preserved better in this area? And it reminds me of one of the most frustrating days of fishing in my life. I once lost 5 rapala fishing lures in one day, I was so frustrated that I almost gave up fishing for ever. What if it was the same unlucky guy that dropped all the 13 bonepoints, just imagine the frustration and the words that came out of his mouth. This is obviously only a strange reflection of mine.

Beesham made a "peat"birthday cake for Arne, complete with a mesolithic torch and flint blade.