For one and a half week, we have been excavating behind the Joelähtme culture house. We have been working there with a professionnal archeologist and some students. Two of them slept upstairs. It is a good way for us to share a meal and to talk with these nice young estonians.
Concerning our work, we first had to take off the first layer of grass, then filter the soil to try to find something interesting. It’s sometimes hard to distinguish a stone, from a bone or a piece of potery. But after a few hours, we quickly progressed. We didn’t dig very deep, only about a foot or so.
As soon as we found something, the archeologist took notes on the place where we discovered it, as well as the height at which it was placed.
For the moment, we have found some small pieces of potery from the Viking Age, several pieces more or less important of ceramics from the 19th century and Jonathan found some nails dating back to the Middle Ages. He also found a fire-striker from the same period. But the most impressive object, was the one I found, but I couldn’t tell you what it is, for even our archeologist didn’t have a clue. If you have any suggestions, they are very welcome (see picture) !
For the music in the video clip, we chose the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the sky with diamonds”, for it gave the name to Lucy the oldest squeleton ever found. The archeologist had listened to this song so much they decided to name the discovery as this song.
