OK, I've never blogged before, but I have an idea that it might be a good way to let people know about an ongoing project, like an ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION for example...at least suggestions along these lines from friends and colleagues have prompted me to get this far and explore the possibilities. So, bear with me whilst i take you on a tour of a small corner of the Caribbean...

I am going to try and post pictures and commentaries about the summer season at the Late Ceramic Age settlement of El Cabo (see piccies) on the east coast of the Dominican Republic. The fieldwork underway there is part of a Leiden University project (in conjunction with UCL, the Museo del Hombre Dominicano and Branko Music from Ljubljana University). The title of the project is "Houses for the Living and the Dead" and you can find more official information via the university Caribbean Archaeology webpage:
http://www.archeologie.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=47&c=180

However, there is nothing yet about the fieldwork underway at present. We are a team of 15 in the field - mainly undergrad and Masters students from Leiden, my supervisers Menno and Corinne, Roberto, and archaeologist from Cuba, Adriana, the project postdoc who is currently rummaging through archives in Santo Domingo, and me...the PhD student.