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Third Day: Mapping the Main House
Wednesday, July 13


Remains of the main house, where the surfmen lived at Middle Island.

Some of the first things we did today, on day three was map and photographing the main and boat houses that were collapsed. While doing so we made our way into the bottom part of both the main and boat houses. We took close measurements of the pillars holding up the both structures. Wayne Lusardi and I mapped things we found while under the main house. Some things we found were bowls, ceramic pieces, and a cork. While we were moving though out the main house mapping all the measurements and things we found, we rather enjoyed staying under there with all the bugs to keep away from the sun beating down. After mapping the first half of the house we broke for lunch to discuss what else needed to be done for today. We decided we still had a lot of mapping to do so we went on to finish that. The second part of the day we found that the surfmen used old shipping boxes and creates to board up the base with the cement. One pieces that we found had the name "Middle Island Coast Guard Station" on it. After all the mapping was finish we ended the day with recording all of the days findings and putting them into bags and that was all for today's work.

Stephen Riordan, Archaeological Field Tech