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 people and Trash
Pharaoh Tutankhamen 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!
Arlington Archaeology
Grid N E S W
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
Fishing
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