Finds

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The trip had included 36 people, complete:

Dr. Potts (professor at Austin Graduate School of Theology) and his 19 year-old daughter, Pocahontas

Dr. Iron Man (professor at Rochester College)

Indiana

Cecil & Polley

Daniel & Jina, and Jina’s mom, Eunice

James Earl & Suzan and their 24 year-old son, Bjork

Tevye & Golde, and sons: Winken, Blinken, & Nod

Binky, 35

Daddy Pea, 28

Wendy

Florence (the nurse)

Rochester students: Dora, Scarlet, Elvis, Awesome (22), Rochester (21)

Ricky & Lucy

Kathy

Trader, 29

Ariel, 25

Ma Kettle and her son, Hill Billy

And of course:

Relevance & Kitts South

Carrie-Bri Snicketts

Collette Silverspoon

During their week’s stay at the archaeological site in Tamar, added to their number were six staff members, some of which belonged to the Community of the Crucified Ones: Griffith, Patience, Ms. Piggy, Hazel, Lawrence of Arabia, and Nut.

By the end of the tour, however, the younger people seemed to have become close enough to spend their evening time together in a group that usually included: Pocahontas, Bjork, Awesome, Rochester, Trader, Ariel, Relevance, Kitts, Carrie-Bri, and Collette. And usually more specifically during the rest of the day: Relevance, Kitts, Collette, Awesome, Rochester, Carrie-Bri, and Pocahontas.

But with the details of names out of the way… Collette had recorded the entire trip from before they left early that Saturday morning in December to the last hour in the airport in Raleigh before returning to St. Louis seventeen days later.

And as far as interesting finds were concerned, Collette had made a few minor discoveries. At Bethsaida: colored glazed Medieval pottery, at Jericho: a piece of “chocolate on white” painted pottery (which Indiana told her also aided in proving that the city of Jericho had been there during the time of Joshua), at Beer Sheva: a small piece of Roman glass, at Arad: a Crusader coin (with a cross on one side and inscription on both), at Tamar: a Roman coin (with a laurel wreath on one side). She had found a few handles, one larger piece of pottery with a handle attached, and several smaller shards. At Tamar, she, Kitts, Carrie-Bri, and Pocahontas had found a wall, which turned out to be part of a 10th century building (likely a house), which ended up adding further credence to the possibility of Solomon and Josiah having constructed a fort at that site.