This week we started field work in Nasca. The first day was good because we just surveyed the site and did a short mapping activity. The rest of the week we worked on contrasting 2m by 2m units and mapping the units. Honestly by Friday we were all tired of mapping but it does take a lt of practice to get it right. Yesterday we did transects and collected a lot of bones. The site is very pretty. It is located in Las Trancas valley and the site itself is a sand dune. The valley below is very green and we have to drive through a large farm to et to the site.

Saturday is lab day. The first thing I did this morning was clean pottery. After lunch I went to help Stevie analyze bones. I liked that much better. We had to look at the bones and identify what bones they were. The site has been looted extensively so context from a historical context is not as important. The sand is a challenge but after we stopped mapping I started enjoying myself much more. This week we will start excavations