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ancient belize, a formative experience. . .

allen lutins was already a veteran of excavating NOHMUL, Belize at the commencement of the 1985 field season. allen was an interesting fellow-student during the 1980's & he continues to be an articulate and unique individual. These field operations were truly formative experiences for all involved. Memories and dreams are sure to follow everyone who entered the magic of 'las ruinas', amongst the jungle and swamps of Belize. . .
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Mark Bomgardner 13-Apr-2006 07:01
I shared a hut with Allen during the 1983 season at Nohmul. We had some great times. Hanging with Al was always interesting. I worked with many different crews over the next 7 years, but that crew was my first and it has the best memories. There was the one incident where he unleashed giant purple wasps on the entire main dig....

One thing I cannot forget from the brush is the constant buzzing in the background. I also remember the wettest dry season in 50 years. The first two weeks it rained every night, and we students had no roofs on our huts. As soon as the roof went up on the dining hut and the lab, Norman sent us out into the trenches and left a rather lackadaisical crew of Belizians to complete the quarters. All our tarps had holes, and after several very wet nights we had to threaten a work stoppage so we could take a day to finish the roofs! We also made the mistake of assigning the two tallest guys in camp the job of building the latrine seat. Some of us (myself included) just about had to have a stepladder to get up to it.

We had lots of fun with the RAE boys who operated the equipment on loan from the military. We used these hardened veterans of the Faulklands War as ringers when we played other sites in volleyball. We managed to mangle at least one of Her Majesty's earthmovers in the main trench.
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