What a great experience! Thanks for sharing! That guy must have been fascinating to chat with. I hope you do take him up on that offer to visit!
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While I was in French Polynesia some of my friends at the research center were archeologists. They were working on a dig in the Opunahou valley, and brought some of us from the dorms along one day, just to show us around. We didn't get to participate, but we did get to see several sites they had just completed work on, and one site they were in the process of excavating. They told us alot about their methods, and I couldn't get over how much dirt they analyzed from cooking pits, in search of plant remnants to help determine diet.