3 posts tagged “aaron”
Excavations at the First Baptist Church in America, Providence, RI went really well today. Aaron and I were reassigned to a trench on the western side of the property, at the base of College Hill. We went through 3 levels, corrected some incorrectly oriented maps and notes from the previous group (magnetic north labeled wrongly), made a drawing of level 6, and made the first discovery of bone yet found at the site. Aaron first picked up a bit of calcified faunal bone, handed it to me to examine, and we realized that we were dealing with bone. By the end of the day, we had found bone in levels 6 and 7, including 3 teeth fragments, one of which is a big ass tooth, probably of a horse or an elk. Maybe even a moose. No, just kidding, no moose. Was about 5 to 7 cm long, I'd say, most of that length being roots. We found quite a few other fragments of bone, many of which large fragments, along with glass shards, pottery sherds, lots of brick fragments, metal, including a badly rusted metal disc which may be a coin or a pendant, and shell.
Very cool, altogether. Aaron does have photos, and so I'll post those later. We were also interviewed while we worked, although I didn't think to ask by whom, probably Providence Journal. Daylight savings complicated things a bit, as by 5:00 it was too dark to do any effective sifting of artifacts from the dirt fill. We packed up early and left, for that reason. Unfortunately the ground dried off while we were working and now I have dust-filled lungs.
Aaron took pictures of the oriental lilies I received today after breakfast. The following are a few of my favorite pictures. He's very talented. If anyone is interested in the hardware / equipment / etc. he used, information can be obtained.
Ah college life. I find it more than necessary to update this Vox account that I've adopted more frequently than I have in the past. It's very difficult, especially as I've been unable to locate my camera USB cord until tonight and I do have so many worthwhile images to show you. So here's my very best for the night.
The residents of VGQ (Aaron, Kira, myself and Sarah) stayed in to play Scrabble, the drinking game version. The rules favored the less able: for every ten points made, a diluted Absolut Citron - Sparkling Lemonade shot. So, my first word, "SEMEN" for 14 points, poured out one and a half fake shots. With words like SEMEN, WANTED, TRIM, HO, STEAM, and HANDS, it quickly turned into Dirty Drunk Scrabble. And then Aaron attempted to prove his sobriety by juggling, which certainly should be added to highway sobriety tests across the country, agreed?
So in this movie, Aaron is juggling off the wall of our suite. Here we gain a little knowledge of Aaron's mysterious past in Westport, CT, that of his former life as a circus performer. From Ringling Bros. to Brown premed to VGQ Suite, here's Aaron.
And some other pictures from the night:
More to come, as I now have all of my videos and pictures. Next installment, my room here, and a crusader's thought on pointy shoes. Ready, steady, go.
