Saturday 25 July 2009

A chance encounter with a chamois on our way upto site

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Our heavy equipment and tinned food going up by helicopter

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Serre de l'Homme X prior to excavation

Serre de l'Homme X is a major structure amongst a series of (thus far) late third and second millennia BC structures situated along a lateral moraine (see plan above). This "enclosure" is situated at the very foot of the moraine on the edge of an occasionally saturated, flat pasture.
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The excavation area after de-turfing

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Jon Vidal in the external geoarchaeological trench

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Early morning view from the shephard's cabin

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Tea break on our favourite rock

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Early stage of the main trench at Serre de l'Homme X

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Emergency Tent Repairs

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A fire setting withing the site

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A sea of clouds meets the moutains

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A section in its landscape...

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Scary clouds

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A light dusting of snow

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Hervé Cortot (director adjoint) and Richard Bonet (scientific director) of the Parc National des Ecrins

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Andrew and Vincent doing the dishes (note the fashionable, pink rubber gloves)

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