Week 1: Where Do We Start?

Hello friends,

My name is Chloe Trinka and I am a junior at Western Michigan University. I am an anthropology major with a minor in biology. My special interest field is paleopathology, and I am hoping to follow this career and passion all over the world. The Fort St Joseph Archaeological Project is the first field school I have the pleasure of being apart of and I could not be more excited to see where this one takes me! 

This week started out with an immense number of outdoor chores, team lunch giggles, and a little bit of rain. Some chores included weed whipping, digging water runoff trenches, and helping create a safe walkable path for the public when they join us for our open house August 7th and 8th. I was prepped so well by my directors that within the first day of being on the site I got to start working on my unit which is South 5 East 16. This was the first time I had ever done anything like this and the satisfaction of seeing my unit get deeper and deeper is the best! 

To the left is a picture of me at my unit during the first day at Fort St Joseph. The joy is evident even after 7 hours in 92-degree weather. There is no place I would rather be for the summer!

-Chloe