The last two weeks we have been camping out in an effort to cram in as much surveying as possible before our team shrinks by a member. In other words, before I leave. It's good to feel valued, if only as an extra pair of legs to walk acres and acres. On Wednesday, in fact, the three of us walked a combined total of 126 acres. Damn, thats a lot of walking.
We switched gears from walking roads in the north section near Moab, to walking polygon areas in the south section closer to Monticello. These are areas set aside for grazing, and have been so chewed up by cattle and bulldozers, there is little integrity left in the land. Despite this, however, the stuff we find is much cooler.
There are actually remains of buildings, though it was only after 3 or 4 days of surveying that I could differentiate the masonry rubble from natural sandstone outcrops. Now, however, I feel more accustomed to the masonry and can sort of imagine how the buildings may have looked 800 or 900 years ago.
And, in addition to this, we find broken ceramics which is something EVERYONE can recognize as cultural material. And its pretty. Pretty is good.
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