My first blog

I'll be heading off to Italy in less than a month for my internship at Pompeii!

Until then, here's an update on my life! I've spent the last two weeks working on an excavation in Fayette County, Tennessee at what is now the Ames Plantation. Last summer our crew uncovered what we believe to be the foundation of an Antebellum Plantation home owned by Beverly Holcombe. Our dig this year has primarily focused on solidifying our belief in finding the homestead of a pre-Civil War family, but we have mostly found artifacts rather than architectural remains. We have one more week to dig before closing up for the season and beginning the publication process. Ames itself is incredibly beautiful. Many pictures to come!