It's that time of year again...
GATOR HOMECOMING!!! I can't think of a better way to celebrate the end of mid-terms. Only 59 more days until graduation!!! I ran the Gator Gallop on Friday, while Jim cheered me on from the sidelines. We tailgated before the game against the razorbacks. What a game it was. The Gators played hard and eventually came out on top! We had a few visitors in the yard yesterday...it's definitely fall. Not loving this cold weather, but looking forward to Halloween...we have some GREAT costumes in store. All in all, it was great weekend!
GO GATORS!!
So, this past weekend I went on my very first archaeological dig at the Thomas Farm fossil site near Bell, FL! The Thomas Farm fossil site formed about 18 million years ago, during the early part of the Miocene Epoch. At that time it was a large deep sinkhole which was connected to a series of caves. Bones of dead animals from the surrounding landscape washed into the sinkhole during storms and were buried in layers of clay and sand-size grains of limestone. The most common of the larger animals at Thomas Farm are two species of three-toed horses, Parahippus leonensis and Archaehippus blackbergi. I found a femoral head and shaft of the Parahippus leonenisi. I also found the shell of a small tortoise. It was a very exciting day and I hope to have the opportunity to do more excavations in the future!
