So it's been a while. In fact the dig has finished, I moved on to finish a second dig as well (more on that later).
So here's the thing: I'm not sure what's kosher for me to say exactly. I really don't want to step on any toes and blab about things I'm not supposed to...grrr. Well I guess I should just say the dig was a success and we accomplished pretty much everything we set out to do. We opened a helluva huge area, mapped and excavated all of it. If we are this successful every year this will be a quick, effective, and successful site.
After we finished our site there were still 2 weeks left to go at our sister site (Wegerzyn, or some crazy name like that). I went in intending to put in a good two weeks, but the fates were not on my side. At the end of the first full week I threw out my back and just ended up lying on the couch in abject misery. It was so bad that the last day I tried to dig I couldn't crouch into my 1x1. I had to lie on my belly outside the unit to reach the base. Standing up required rolling over onto my back and forcing myself up. Ugh.
So now it's off to school, where I'll be studying everything I should have been doing, and learning all I should have known, this last year of digging. It'll be interesting to compare the two.
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!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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