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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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