Visited a Paleolithic cave site in Switzerland recently that was only accessible via a giant (wobbly) ladder up a cliff face. They installed a tiny funicular to get the sediment down!

Entirely agreed!

The people giving the classes did the best they could, I think, but they seemed woefully underprepared for my generation. A few of us had already been having sex when they started proper classes. Some had already found out they were queer. The adults didn't quite know how to handle it, tbh.

Thanks Robert! I'll be posting more photos from previous years as well when I have a day off - it's a genuinely spectacular place.

Quick snuggle break with Scott!

Back to my square this morning!
The burnt layer seems to disappear, but I am curious to see what's hiding under the sand in the top right part. Will report back 😇🏺

Now I'm taking 300 overlapping pictures for a 3D model while trying to keep the lighting consistent (impossible), getting everything from as many angles as possible while also incorporating a bunch of reference points that can't always be placed where we'd like them to... 😅

They're really versatile, it turns out 😅
We also use them to mark the middle of a square if we need to work on a more granular level and we use them as reference points for 3D imaging!

I'll post some of the larger ones tomorrow! They are quite a sight ☺️

Progress from this morning! It's a bit hard to see on the image but I've reached the top of my cultural layer. It disappears towards the top of the picture and the sediment completely changes. Will be interesting to see what happens there!

It really is hard to convey sometimes 😅
Luckily our site is exremely rich and pnce those layers reveal crazy stuff like entire reindeer spines in anatomical connection, with ribs and pelvis still in place, it gets a little easier to get people excited!