Yeah, I've never gotten to work on a beach before! It was a wonderful experience, much lovelier than the dusty deserts I'm usually in the middle of. Nothing like the sound of waves crashing on the beach as you dig!

It was actually pretty nice; mostly very soft and loose, but not so much that the sides of your trench fell in. And the midden itself was really obvious- it went straight from yellow sand to literally black ash. Makes stratigraphy simple!