Introduction to Archaeology, 5th Period

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel's attention is focused on his laptop as he waits for his students.

"Okay, hopefully you're all set to present today," he said. "And after that, I hope you've all remembered the gifts Pippi so thoughtfully gave you last lesson, because I get to be the adult supervision."

Daniel's pleased with this. Normally he's the one who has to be supervised.

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, alive... You know, as in 'not dead'."

It should be noted that the picture on the box is of a very small and plastic looking dino skeleton.

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[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel moved across towards Pippi's desk to look at the box. He saw picture, and hesitated, not knowing if he should break the news to Pippi himself, or let her find out on her own.

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi was about to dig in with the little trowel when she hesitated and looked up at Daniel.

"Should I start with the brush?"

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[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Not unless you want to be here for hours," Daniel grinned. "It's okay to remove top soil and the first few layers with a trowel, or shovel when you're working to a larger scale. If this was a real dig, you'd probably end up sifting through most of the dirt that you shift, just in case though."

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I shoulda brought a camera so we could document the layers." she said.

Then she shrugged and started sifting the sand aside carefully.

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[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Hang on a minute," Daniel said, heading towards a cupboard at the back of the room. Opening it, he revealed several badly packed boxes. "I don't really remember what's in here."

Pippi was in luck! Burried at the bottom of the second box was a disposible camera, still wrapped in plastic. Shrugging, Daniel opened it. Who knows why he had had that, but it was going to come in handy.

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Sweet!"

Pippi took the camera and snapped a picture of the "first layer", and then continued sifting the sand aside.

"I think the discoloration in this layer indicates that ancient tribesmen once cooked their dinner over an open fire in this spot." she said in an approximation of something she'd heard on the Hitler History Channel.

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[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"That's a good reason for discoloration, yes. Anything else to back up that theory?"

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi picked up a grain of sand with her tweezers.

"Yes! Here is a fragment of a small bone tool known to have been used in the starting of fires!"

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[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel nodded seriously. "Obviously if this was a real dig, there'd be a number of tests we'd be able to run back at the lab. But for today, we'll just go with your gut instinct."

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi took a picture of her grain of sand bone tool fragment and continued sifting through the sand.