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Diary extra – a few photographs from day thirty-eight

Monday, August 12, 2024 (8:46 PM)

Aaron exposing yellow clay floor in Structure Five, with the remains of one of the furniture features in the foreground. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Lewis planning in Trench Z. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Structure Twenty-Seven this afternoon. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Sarah planning outside Twenty-Seven's south-eastern orthostats. (📷 Jo Bourne)

A dirty job but someone's got to do it. Kate in Structure Twenty-Seven. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Hiwa outside Structure Twenty-Seven's entrance. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Chris, Theo and Hiwa at Twenty-Seven's entrance arrangement. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Sophie in Twenty-Seven's north-western corner. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Rick, Andy, Caz and Sarah in Twenty-Seven. (📷 Jo Bourne)

The operation to recover animal bone outside Twenty-Seven's north-western corner. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Job's almost done. Tom outside Structure Twenty-Seven with the last of the animal remains. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Tom in the north-eastern corner of Structure Twelve. (📷 Jo Bourne)

Michaela looking for more evidence of Structure Twenty-Eight's pier. (📷 Jo Bourne)

All on her lonesome. Andy in Structure One. (📷 Jo Bourne)

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