Welcome to Undead Naked Archaeology

Alright, a quick introduction, scroll down for actual posts:

This is where I'll update what I'm up to in the field, post pictures, or just vent about how much I hate poison ivy.

Why Undead Naked Archaeology? It's pretty simple really...I like zombies. But also, archaeologists have a bunch of striking similarities to zombies.

We often are dressed in tattered/worn clothing. We frequently smell bad. I in particular tend to speak in grunts (especially in the morning). Often as the heat scrambles our brains we shamble about muttering incoherently. We crave delicious brains. We also swarm like zombies...in a phase I archaeology project we're scattered widely, low density (just like a stage I zombie outbreak). When something shows up...we go to phase II. Denser...and with more of us. Again, like a zombie outbreak reaching stage II. Finally, as we find "stuff" supervisors and technicians alike come out of the woodwork to absolutely flood the field with zombies. I mean archaeologists. Mmm stage/phase III.

As for the "naked" part...well it just sounds cool...that's all. "Undead Naked Archaeology" sounds like those lame "co-ed naked xyx" shirts. So I'm kind of making fun of myself...I do that sometimes.

Posts below!

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Holy heat-wave batman!


It's been hot as balls this week. This means two things. First of all it means that I'm ridiculously tired and drained by the end of the day. Second it means that we've been starting an hour early trying to beat the heat. This is, despite my burning hatred of morning (and especially of the dawn hours), a good idea. We're far more productive in the mornings, especially as regardless of when we start after about 1 pm we just shut down. It gets too hot, the soil dries into concrete, etc. etc. But still...I hate mornings. So much.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I find it strange that no one is trying to find out, why some people are almost immune to chiggers. Plenty of advise what to do after fact (bite); is there not some internal means e.g. certain type of food or spices or even vitamins?

July 14, 2011 at 9:32 PM

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