We started excavating this year on July 3, and have already been turning up some exciting material! We are now in midway through week 2 of our season, and have five (!) active trenches thanks to a much larger team this year. Our team consists of seven Reed students, 10 students from Metropolitan State University of Denver, as well as another volunteer. The senior staff consists of the folowing:
Tom Landvatter (Reed College, co-director)
Brandon R. Olson (MSU Denver, co-director)
Melanie Godsey (Texas Tech University, field director)
Justin Stephens (MSU Denver, educational director)
Ana Gonzalez San Martín (Brown University, trench supervisor)
Brandon Baker (UNC Chapel Hill, trench supervisor)
Lex Ladge ’19 (University of Chicago, registrar)
With so many people this year, we’ve been able to dig more than we have any any other year. Besides continuing excavation in EU 20 and EU 23, we’ve opened up three new units: EU 24, EU 25, and EU26.
Like last year, Reed students will be writing updates at least biweekly for the rest of the month. You can also follow the GLAM department’s Instagram for more updates on the dig!