Notes from the field!

Hello!

My name is Kylie Krueger. I am a senior at Western Michigan where I major in Anthropology and minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies. I am originally from Michigan City, Indiana, and this is my first time attending a field school. After our first field day on Tuesday, the next day called for rain, so we went to The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana. They first took us on a tour of the Oliver Mansion, before going to look at the artifacts from Fort St. Joseph that the museum held. One of my favorite artifacts we looked at were the beads made from swan bone. This was excellent opportunity to get to know my fellow field school classmates along with looking at artifacts found at the Fort. The next two days we were in the field working on excavating our units. My pit partner, Isaac, and I were working on our unit South 5 West 18. On Thursday, Dr. Nassaney visited us in the field and gave advice on excavating our units. He found the first artifact in our unit, calcined bone, which is cooked animal bone. This was especially exciting because this year we are digging in a section that has yet to be explored!

This week has been overall great besides the weather playing tricks on us! Everyone has been welcoming, at the museums and our team. I look forward to seeing what the coming weeks here have in store.

Look out for more updates from us!

Kylie