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Diary extra – day seventeen in pictures

Monday, July 15, 2024 (9:15 PM)

Induction time for the latest batch of diggers.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Talking stone tools with Gary.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Heads down in Structure Eight/Seventeen.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Tea-break outside Structure Twelve.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
The 11am tour outside Structure Eight.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Jo Bourne excavating the hearth in Structure Thirty-Four.  (📷 Jo Bourne - presumably with a timer)
Travis planning in Structure Ten/Twenty.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Travis planning in Structure Ten/Twenty.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Ralph excavation the area under the floor of Structure Five.  (📷 Jo Bourne)

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