They are between nine and ten years old, and they are part of an educational excavation programme at the Aristide Girard primary school in Le Moule in the French Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe, where they have been scraping away at a small patch of earth with a trowel since early morning. "I like the fact that we're discovering things and learning about their history," says Year 4 (Grade 3) Lincoln Uger. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES