A couple of days ago I was lying in my room semi-napping when I heard the assistant director of the excavation come in and say “In five minutes, we learn about the stones. Tell everyone.” A few minutes later, one of the women staying in the other room came in and repeated to my roommates and I, “In five minutes, we learn about the stones.” I had no idea what this meant, but I dragged myself groggily from my bed and five minutes later went outside, where a truck was driving away and people were walking towards the building. It was too late, the stones had already gone.
\nI was completely unsure whether or not I had dreamed the whole sequence, but apparently it was real: were were to learn about the concrete markers were are going to use to more permanently mark the spaces were were marking with our bodies yesterday.
\nToday, I spent the morning watching other people dig holes. A good part of this I spent sitting on a chair in the shade in the village, where some very nice ladies gave me Turkish coffee, and children taught me some Turkish. “Sonliarda oturiyorum”: “I am sitting in the chair.” Hopefully I’ll get a picture of this on Flickr soon. The holes were for the concrete markers, the mysterious “stones” of the other day, and I did do about 15 minutes or so of work on that process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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