When most people's phones ring at 6:45am, you are a bit apprehensive. In our house though, it's a race to see who can get to the phone first because we KNOW Allison is calling and we look forward to her calls.
Monday morning's call was no different and her level of excitement (from those last posts) had not waned. Allison's group had just been a part of something quite special in that part of the world. Her group had gone off to assist in an Archaelogical survey, essentially, GPS mapping of potential new dig sites. Upon arrival on location, it was decided to move on to the next site due a group of buffalo that were currently occupying the area. It was at this second site that they discovered a site containing hydrolic stone tools from an old river bed. The group's professor is guessing that they date from the late Stone Age and according to him, it is the most important discovery in this region in the last 5 years! Important enough that the professor believes a full grant will be approved for him to return with a full archaelogical team to excavate the site.
When Allison and her group returned to camp mid afternoon, it was all they could talk about and hence, our excited phone call. I wasn't on the phone with Allison, nevertheless, I heard most of the conversation :) Obviously, she gets that from her Mum.
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