Short and Quick Update

The morning buses came late, so it happened that we got to the site about half an hour later than usual. And at breakfast, we got a surprise announcement that, due to the heat (about 37 degrees) we would be ending work half an hour earlier. So we got a nice and short work day. People, myself included, were very pleased that they would actually get to shower before lunch. This whole week is supposed to be very hot - I heard at least one day will get to around 40 degrees.

Today was a cleaning day because my current square (yes, I got moved again) is to be photographed from several angles, so I straightened the wall profiles and did a deep sweeping of the rocks and walls around. It'll have to be brushed down again tomorrow morning but then I think we may take up the pavement that's in the square, or else I'll continue levelling down next to pavement - I don't know but we'll see how it goes.
I got to change things up a bit in the afternoons. I had spoken with Julye, one of the assistant supervisors, and she suggested that I try sorting through the micro-materials because I'm so good at finding the small things. Sometimes random buckets will be taken down to the pottery office and sifted through a mesh bag or screen, then it gets looked through with tweezers for any small bones, shell, pottery or artifacts that may pop up. I did one bag today and it was kind of interesting. I found a bead, a bit bigger than the one I'd found but a dark brown colour.

Currently I'm wondering what to do with my remaining weekends. I have two left while the excavation's still going, and a last one before my flight home. I've been looking at maybe doing a trip to the Ramon Crater, a naturally-formed crater in the Negev Desert - it would be a longer trip and seems it may require more planning so I'm not sure I'll pull it off but it'd be nice if I could. It's supposed to be a beautiful location. Otherwise, I may just see what people are planning and go on one of those since it's a bit easier.