Six Weeks Until Dirt Starts Getting Moved!
The Smiths Island Archaeology Project resumes on July 10 after a two-year hiatus - right around the corner, so to speak! Of course, Bermuda and I both have a lot packed into the weeks in between... The eyes of the world will be upon Bermuda in May and June, as the Tall Ship Regatta passes through St. George's crossing the Atlantic. Then America's Cup starts up and runs through June 27 and two years of preparation and anticipation come to a month-long maritime match-up... which is partly why we are digging in July! I usually keep each year's field school t-shirt design a carefully guarded secret, but it is more timely now than it will be in July - and just arrived back from the printer. The ship is actually an engraving of the Sea Venture, the only one known to exist, from the frontispiece of R. Rich's Newes from Virginia (London 1610). Hopefully none of the 2017 racers will meet a similar fate. Smiths Island is actually the second of my two field schools this summer....