Moments in the Life of a Groundstone Documentor

BEARS 2023 team member and figurine expert extraordinaire Belisi Gillespie recently shared a great series of photos capturing the arduous life of the groundstone documentation team on Raftis island. In case you missed this gaudy stat in the CIG study season wrap-up blog posted below, Grace and Eleni documented well over 500 total groundstone artifacts between the 2022 and 2023 seasons! And, as you’ll see, they looked mighty cool doing it!

First thing's first – tireless groundstone documentation involves a lot of waiting for the iPad to communicate correctly with BEARS' online database........
Eleni assesses the flatness of a ventral surface.
Eleni demonstrates an "old school" weighing technique with a grinding slab.
Grace uses the loupe to get up close and personal with andesitic phenocrysts on Raftis during the 2023 study season.
Eleni checks in for a second opinion.

Groundstone documentation – a lot of fun! Well, I am sure it was the first 300 times or so. Fans of grindy poundy friends should keep a (googly) eye out on the blog for more related content, including exciting details of our BEARS groundstone day-by-day calendar and related horoscopes. 

"Time spent with Groundy Poundy Pals is never wasted." Sigmund Freud

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