Field crew pictures 1997-2008
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This page is dedicated to all the students and colleagues who gave their energy, enthusiasm, time (and in many cases, their blood) to the continuing archaeological research of Nevis.

2008 field crew! Standing in front of the remains of the Bush Hill great house. Left to right, back row: david, Anthony, Amanda,Chris,Kenny.

Front row: Denise, Amy, Valerie, Kerri, Jessica, Jillian,Georgette, Gloria, and Delia.

Above left. Crew documenting neewly discovered foundations after clearing. The structure had been completely cobverd in vegetation, but give kenny a machette and get out of the way!

 

Above right. Chillin out after a historic tour and nature walk at Golden Rock Inn. The Inn was modified from a sugar estate and has several restored buildings. The owners graciously allowed the field team to use the pool afterwards. What a treat!

 

 

Right. 2007 Fieldschool crew.

Our 2007 field crew standing in front of the Nevis Museum of Cultural History. Although mostly San Jose State students, we also had crew members from UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, and College of Chaleston.

 

Below at left: Alfonso and Christine take a short break for a picture. Update on Chrsitine. Archaeologists from San Jose State encountered her in Pt Barrow Alaska at aprehistoric site in 2008. Small world.

Below right: Valerie became a master at sighting with thetransit in the thick forest that covered the project site.

More pictures at the bottom of the page.

Left: Joelle, Patrick and Ryan record measurements of a standing structured discovered on the site during the field season. So thick was the brush before clearing that the building was not known to be present on the site.

Our first field crew in 1997 standing in front of the Port St George site at Indian Castle Estate. Five of the crew are not pictured. Our vehicle, on loan from the NHCS, had a flat tire nearly every day for six weeks. The shocks and springs were a lost cause. I would not be surprised to learn that some of the team still have bruises from the daily ride to the site.

Survey exploration team for a pilot study of survey methods in 2002. The crew spent four weeks determining the effectiveness of a stratified random survey approach to locating plantation sites within the dense brush.

2003 Field team. The crew spent eight weeks surveying over 20% of the terrain in St. John and St. Thomas Parishes. This rugged crew discovered and documented twenty-two sites and excavated at two early unidentified sugar mill-complexes.
Field team 2005 ready to leave for the site on the steps of Pond Hill House. The crew continued the work of the previous season and also excavated at a early seveteenth century sugar works.

Left: Survey team 1997 after completing 100 measurements and angles. Set the standard for future projects.

 

Right: members of the 2002 crew clean and sort artifacts.

Work is never done. The 2005 crew adds data to the field map and cross-indexes their notebooks.

Some well deserved downtime at Sunshine's

Bart, Kaitlin (our bayou Barbie) and Krysta after surveying the jungle.

Thanks for all the Lobsters Bart! .

Field survey 2005 at the base of the "Grandfater Tree." This large buttress root Kapoc tree is of special local significance.

The 2007 crew gets some downtime in the waters of the Caribbean.

 

At right, members of the 07 team at work on notebook check and artifact counts.

Special thanks to all the students, volunteers and directors who have contributed to the research on Nevis since 2003. Joelle Morgan, Patrick Slatter, Sana Mao, Jessica Glickman, Star Kim Quach, Sue Saign, Valerie Morgan, Ryan Hoyt, Alfonso Tinoco, Joe Salazar, Chrsitine, Robbin Forsyth, Tracy Thornton, Ed Tennet, Chris Cartellone, Amy Thickpenny, Gloria Trinidad, Kenny Helwig, David Thompson, Denise Venerova, Georgette Luna, Amanda Trujillo-Moran, Kerri Martin, Anthony Cardema, Jillian MacLaughlin, Delia Lorigo.

 

 


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