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!

Friday, July 10, 2009

El finito (that's Spanish for 'the finito')

Well, it seems we can lay to rest the 'cat. Three summers and we seem to have enough information to (start) answering the questions we've had. I can't say I'm sad to finally write it off...but there's still a little twinge...just a little tug. I learned a lot about archaeology in that field, and hopefully it'll stay protected (although that's pure sentimentality speaking...not scientific judgement). But all things must come to an end...so it's off to other things in the coming weeks. We're taking the show on the road, so to speak. We're going to hit a couple of other sites, doing a bit of minor work at them and I'll have time to run off and do my own thing.

Fare thee well Wildcat.






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