After two missed years due to COVID-19, the Vigla project is excavating again this year! We’ve entered our second week of excavation, and we’re already coming down on some very exciting stuff. In addition to six students from Reed, we are joined by three students from Metropolitan State University Denver, co-sponsor of this excavation.
This year, we have two open trenches. The first is EU 20, which we were excavating in 2019, but were not able to finish. The second is EU 22, a 5x5m trench immediately to the east of EU 20. We hope to get a better sense of architecture in the “domestic” portion of the site, and to come down on preserved surfaces with extensive deposits of pottery and other artifacts.
This year, we’re turning the blog mostly over to the students so that they can update everyone on their experience. We’re hoping to update the blog three times a week!