Wow. Thanks for these continued postings, Civ. I would love nothing more than to be able to retire...and spend the rest of my days as a volunteer, digging in the dirt on a site like this.
Thanks SueRae, my pleasure. It’s easy to find and sign up for something like that — it’s hard work, and you actually have to pay your own way (cost is like taking a cruise, or a tour of famous sites somewhere like Egypt), but that’s the way some of these digs get done at all, due to lack of funding. I always enjoy the stupidity of people who think archaeologists get wealthy off grants.