My Lives in Los Angeles, Australia, and the East Med,
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Excavation: Day 4
Today, my students, Belle and Michelle, found lots of phytoliths under this basalt pestle. We also cleaned the jar smash for photos, and uncovered a chunk of hydraulic plaster from last year's fill.
I'm a native of southern California. After attending USC, and pursuing a life of aimless partying in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, I was inspired to study archaeology after seeing the movie Lawrence of Arabia and reading 17 books about TE Lawrence. I did my MA and PhD at UCLA, where I also excavated in California, Syria, and Greece. Now I teach archaeology at Melbourne Uni, but I'll always be a native Angeleno at heart. I love pets and have had many, but my last 3 have been wire haired fox terriers.
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