It was decided that as a group bonding sort of experience that our crew would head out to the Sunwatch Village and spend the night in one of the houses. Sunwatch, for you uninitiated, is a reconstructed site from roughly the same period as my site. Of course while my site consisted of perhaps a half dozen structures and 30 people...this site was home to upwards of 300 people.
Anyhow.
Things went pretty well. The fire was nice; we ate venison, corn, and beans. It was simple, but very good all said. At least until I woke up the next morning. My back is now covered with something near to 50 spider bites. Of course, I can't actually count them, since I can't see all of my back. No one else was attacked during the night, so I guess I must have chosen a sleeping bench that was the home of some irate spiders. They've been swelling something fierce, causing muscle aches, and a bit of nausea. I've only worked a half day in the last two days (oh, I've also been feverish and at times super disoriented).
Ain't nature grand?
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!
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!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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2 comments:
Goodness. Doctor time?
Hope you recover (or turn into Spiderman--which is actually cooler)
~Jason
Instead of the proportional strength of a spider, a mysterious 6th sense, and the ability to climb walls all I seem to have gained is the ability to have my skin swell and break out in hives at random points.
I think spidey sense would be cooler.
But I'm pretty much recovered now, but Wednesday was particularly rough.
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