Digging Arlington
History, Archaeology and Artifacts
Auntie Indie
Archaeology in the Desert
South Jordanian Desert
Before
After
110 Degrees Fahrenheit and still smiling !
So we went to Disney World
• They bought me
this hat!
BUT I’m
ANTI Indiana Jones
Archaeologists DO NOT:
• Study dinosaurs
• Just pick up artifacts
• Buy or sell artifacts
What is Archaeology?
Dead peopleand
Trash
PharaohTutankhamen
• Coffin is solid gold
• 6 feet 1 inches
• weighs 243lbs
• $$$ = ???
Archaeologists Dig
Excavation
What do archaeologists find?Artifacts
• Anything made or modified by people
Why are things missing?
They rot!
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Dig Rules
• Diggers
• Screeners
• Scribes
• Dress properly
• Long pants
• Closed toed shoes– Jacket – Hat– Water bottle
Where would you find Native American artifacts
Native Americans
• Wampanoag
• Prehistoric
–point of view• Turtle Island
The Massachuset
• Menotomy
Arrowheads
• Projectile points
Flint knapping
Wampum
Alewife
Would these survive ?
Experimental Archaeology
Lexington Green
Battle at Old North Bridge
April 19, 1775
• Concord Road
• Jason Russell House
• "... the bloodiest half-mile of all the Battle Road."
Spy Pond Ice
• Sent to Boston for shipment via ship to Caribbean
Minuteman Bikeway
• Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad
• ,
Where would you find Native American artifacts
Dig Rules
• Diggers
• Screeners
• Scribes
• Dress properly
• Long pants
• Closed toed shoes– Jacket – Hat– Water bottle
What if you found this in the woods?
Restoration
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