Asa and I can now add archeologists to our impressive list of accomplishments. It all started when Asa stumbled upon a British television program called Time Team, in which archeologists dig up historic sites to find amazing artifacts. Clearly Mom and Dad have never heard of the importance of archeology, because up until now the only time Asa and I are allowed to dig are at the beach or when the snow is really deep in our backyard. However, considering how much Mom and Dad love history, they couldn’t possibly say no to our new hobby.
Just like on the television show, we had exactly three days to make as many amazing discoveries as possible. Well that and we also only had three days because that’s how long we rented the tractor to help us dig.
As much as we love to dig with our paws, after watching the folks on Time Team remove the topsoil with an excavator, it looked like too much fun to resist! Besides, we wanted to save our paws for the more precise work of digging out artifacts. So while Asa headed to the backyard to survey where to put our first trench, I used that time to figure out how to operate this machine.
It didn’t take long for us to begin making discoveries. Just like on Time Team, we also found a lot of artifacts from the Roamin’ period. Not sure why they spelled it “Roman.” Must be a British thing. Anyways, to the untrained eye this may look like a rubbish heap of damaged toys. However, the Roamin’ period is when dogs roamed this area and left telltale signs of their favorite activities. Here in this strata the damaged squeaky toys, tennis balls, and bits of chewed things reveal their daily life.
As we dug down further we came to the Neo-lick-it period, also pronounced as Neolithic by the British archeologists on the television show. This layer is filled with curious finds that Asa and I wanted to lick. Hence the name. Although now that I think of it, I never saw field archeologist Phil Harding ever lick anything he found on the show. Wonder why they call it that name?
No time to ponder that now! I found this broken heart shaped rock with some sort of writing on it. Asa instantly dismissed it as gibberish. Don’t be silly, Asa! This could be the most amazing artifact ever dug up by Golden archeologists!
By the end of day one we eventually dug down to the Middle Ages. Here we leave behind the telltale signs of dog inhabitation for more primitive items used by humans. Mom and Dad were really excited about some of these finds.
Finally after days of work, we reached the New Stone Age. Oddly enough, they never mentioned this one on Time Team. Therefore, because of the significance of this period, we let Mom and Dad do all the work here, while we supervised.
