Boy, we are having fun now! This week’s activities at the Houston-LeCompt site comprised of creating a full site plan map and beginning feature excavation. The location of each of our 250+ features was captured, through the use of a total station (a digital transit), and the data was then used to draft a field map. Later, this same raw data will be used to generate a CAD-based plan of the entire site. What was just a random group of circles, squares and postholes magically transformed on paper to reveal building footprints, refuse disposal areas, and fence lines. Amazing! Different occupations are beginning to appear through the physical remains, including several dwellings, outbuildings, and three large circular features in different areas of the site that may be a well, cistern, and privy. Auger tests prove that each of these three features are indeed quite deep and contain an abundance of artifacts and architectural debris, but more excavation will help decipher their use. This is where the good stuff lives!