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!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Grade level

So I saw some comment on the internet that running an Obama speech through Word's "readability statistics" that he speaks at a 10th grade level while Dubya at a 7th grade level (this wasn't referring to the formal introductions, as those were scripted, but their responses to questions from reporters).

That got me wondering about me, but since I don't have any transcripts of me speaking I decided to figure out what level I write at. Running my "big project" from last semester through the program I apparently write at a 15.7th grade level. Not that I really think this means anything (it just figures number of syllables per word and sentence length and feeds them into a formula). I score "difficult" on the readability score (a 25...with 100 being easiest and 60-70 being "acceptable for literate adults"

Part of me is proud, part of me is ashamed. Part of me realizes that all this is silly.
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Monday, February 2, 2009

Eeeeee!!!

I opened my door today and nearly tripped over a box: I was running to class so I decided to open it when I got back. What was inside? My copy of Squier and Davis's "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley" and Justice's "Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Midcontinental and Eastern United States." I nerdgasmed and am so happy that I'm finally getting a start on my collection of nerdbooks (independently curated I mean, not just holding on to what I am assigned in classes).

Eeeee!!!
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