We're at the Tianloushen site and it is C-O-L-D. Guess that December outside of Hawaii usually means winter in the Northen Hemisphere, but damn. The first couple of nights we stayed at hotels so things were relatively normal but now we're out in the boondoocks and things are definitely different. And so are we. Getting a lot of stares - people here haven't seen too many blue eyed, 6' tall bearded guys so I stand out a bit. Eating lots of food and drinking a lot of strange alcohol - the Chinese are big on toasting (and getting toasted;) but a bagel sounds really good about now.
The site is truly amazing - dozens of local (for lack of a better term) peasants are the diggers and we get to hang out with the bigwigs. The Hemudu culture dates fromm 7000-5500 b.p. here and is represented by more than 3 meters of deposits. The layers are chock full of pottery, animal bone, wood fragments - a treasure trove of artifacts and data. Right now I'm just running the video camera but tomorrow we'll start trying to map the site and make ourselves useful.
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Brad: keep up the updates -- we hope you have enough clothing -- Can't wait to see more --
BAD news: John Gumina has dx of Hodgkin Lymphoma -- they are still determining the stage -- that determines treatment - but most probably a lot of chemo -- his email is johngumina@aol.com -Love, Pop and Alex
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