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Drove 6 hours to a dig site in Kansas and picked the wrong grid square, my trowel knew before I did
Got invited to a salvage dig near Abilene and had two squares to pick from on the first morning. I went with the one closer to the old creek bed because it looked shadier, big mistake. Spent 4 days scraping sterile clay while the other square produced a handful of chert flakes and a bone bead on day one. The field lead just laughed and said the shade always lies. Anyone else ever pick a unit based on comfort instead of the survey map?
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robinwalker7d ago
The shade always lies" is a good rule for more than dig sites, since we tend to pick the easy path and then wonder why it came up empty. I see it at the grocery store, folks grab the closest cart without checking the wheels, and sure enough it pulls left the whole trip. The extra ten seconds on the front end usually pays off more than the comfort does.
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