My professor said to always double-check the grid squares, and today it paid off

During a dig in southern Utah three years ago, my old field school professor told me, 'Never trust the first pass, always check your grid twice.' I was working a new site yesterday and almost logged a unit as empty after the first sweep. I went back over it like he said and found a tiny obsidian flake in the corner of square B4. It was maybe 2 centimeters long and totally easy to miss. That little piece changes our whole idea of tool use in that area. Has anyone else had a simple piece of advice save a find from being overlooked?

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xenar1424d ago

Honestly, that makes me wonder how many cool things we've ALL missed because someone didn't have a mentor to give them that one key rule.

reese_bell24d ago

Ever think about how much we figure out too late? I used to believe people just found their way, but @xenar14 is right, a simple tip can unlock a whole new thing. It's kinda sad how much gets lost just because no one was there to point the way.