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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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