Ricardo Iglesias III, UC Berkeley
June 29, 2016
I felt the need to dig after a full day of accessioning the day before, but today’s weather was extremely hot. My group worked on Trench 19, which was filled with rocks everywhere. The plan was to expose the rocky feature first before digging any deeper. To my dismay, digging through rocks with a trowel was extremely time-consuming and tiring. Using the pointed tip of the trowel, I became proficient with leveling out the trench even through rocky features.
My favorite part of the day, as always, is lunch after a hard morning’s work. Today’s lunch consisted of munggo and vegetable stir fry. Eating lunch under the shade of the granary, with light breezes blowing, my Tang juice at hand, and the view of the fields and mountains – this has been etched in my mind each field day. My second favorite part is learning to use the pickaxe to dig deeper and faster through the trench. Though it makes my arms very tired and sore, I like being able to dig the trench faster. By alternating the pickaxe from my right hand to left hand, I feel as if I’m working out both arms and learning how to be ambidextrous. #fieldschoolperks
My least favorite part of the day is the heat (as always). At some point, I felt like I overworked myself and ran out of sugar in my body. That first drink of Tang literally saved me from feeling like I am about to knock out. That said though – I still made sure to take my breaks when I can. I think the heat today was just really extreme – not a cloud in the sky to provide shade.
When we got back to headquarters, the first thing I did was take off my shoes. I found out that my calves got burnt because there’s an obvious tan line where my socks were. The second thing I did was buy my ice cream – mixed ube and mango on a sweet, sugar cone. This is another favorite part of the day. As I wait to get my order, I usually talk to the vendors’ son – Jesse Boy. I feel like it’s become a routine for me to chill and eat ice cream right after a field day. I have become more cognizant of the simple pleasures in life, especially being in the province. #thatprovincelife.
My chore group is in charge of accessioning for the evening, and for a solid 2 hours, I was writing as small as possible on the sherds we recovered from the day before. Since I was so tired from going to the field, I solely concentrated on getting work done and didn’t talk as much to the people I was working with. At about 8:30, we finished our chore and simply relaxed. I was talking to Maddie for a bit and she caught a rhinoceros beetle that flew into the lab room. I love the bugs that fly around in the house, and I love the people’s reaction to them even better. At the end of the night, Maddie was dubbed the #BugCatcher because of her bravery to capture an insect. I just videotaped everything she was doing, haha.
As the days go by and more hours spent on the field, I feel as if I get more and more into digging. I am learning to trowel better and at the same time, learning my own limits and capacities especially under the hot sun. Field school is nice, and I’m happy to have met good friends along the way.
June 29, 2016
I felt the need to dig after a full day of accessioning the day before, but today’s weather was extremely hot. My group worked on Trench 19, which was filled with rocks everywhere. The plan was to expose the rocky feature first before digging any deeper. To my dismay, digging through rocks with a trowel was extremely time-consuming and tiring. Using the pointed tip of the trowel, I became proficient with leveling out the trench even through rocky features.
My favorite part of the day, as always, is lunch after a hard morning’s work. Today’s lunch consisted of munggo and vegetable stir fry. Eating lunch under the shade of the granary, with light breezes blowing, my Tang juice at hand, and the view of the fields and mountains – this has been etched in my mind each field day. My second favorite part is learning to use the pickaxe to dig deeper and faster through the trench. Though it makes my arms very tired and sore, I like being able to dig the trench faster. By alternating the pickaxe from my right hand to left hand, I feel as if I’m working out both arms and learning how to be ambidextrous. #fieldschoolperks
My least favorite part of the day is the heat (as always). At some point, I felt like I overworked myself and ran out of sugar in my body. That first drink of Tang literally saved me from feeling like I am about to knock out. That said though – I still made sure to take my breaks when I can. I think the heat today was just really extreme – not a cloud in the sky to provide shade.
When we got back to headquarters, the first thing I did was take off my shoes. I found out that my calves got burnt because there’s an obvious tan line where my socks were. The second thing I did was buy my ice cream – mixed ube and mango on a sweet, sugar cone. This is another favorite part of the day. As I wait to get my order, I usually talk to the vendors’ son – Jesse Boy. I feel like it’s become a routine for me to chill and eat ice cream right after a field day. I have become more cognizant of the simple pleasures in life, especially being in the province. #thatprovincelife.
My chore group is in charge of accessioning for the evening, and for a solid 2 hours, I was writing as small as possible on the sherds we recovered from the day before. Since I was so tired from going to the field, I solely concentrated on getting work done and didn’t talk as much to the people I was working with. At about 8:30, we finished our chore and simply relaxed. I was talking to Maddie for a bit and she caught a rhinoceros beetle that flew into the lab room. I love the bugs that fly around in the house, and I love the people’s reaction to them even better. At the end of the night, Maddie was dubbed the #BugCatcher because of her bravery to capture an insect. I just videotaped everything she was doing, haha.
As the days go by and more hours spent on the field, I feel as if I get more and more into digging. I am learning to trowel better and at the same time, learning my own limits and capacities especially under the hot sun. Field school is nice, and I’m happy to have met good friends along the way.
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