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And Fall 2008 at Metro is off and running...

So, excitedly I anticipate this being the last fall semester I spend at Metro. At least I hope that is the case. I really want to get out of here...Not that it is the worst school in the world, but it definitely is time to move on. I hope I get out of here in May and then find someplace else to scramble my brain cells. Any suggestions are welcome, as long as they are valid ones. So, its off to Biocultural Interactions, South American Archaeology, Modern Middle East, and last, but not least, Adva… Continue

Posted on August 13th, 2008 at 4:32pm —

An end to an experience?

This is a picture from the road on the way to Hudson Meng. The smoke is from the wildfires that are currently burning in California. The sun tonight was red, before it set. I would not hesitate to say that the past few weeks have been an awesome experience, but I know that i… Continue

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 at 9:30pm —

A few days, a few thousand years...

I dug on June 20 and 21. I was then blindsided by a migraine (hello icepick to the skull) and dug on June 24. The first two days I spent scraping to 80 cm below line level. I found three flakes and three bone fragments on June 20.They were at 77cm and 78 cm bll (below line level) and the other three were at 79 cm bll. When I reached the target of 80 cm bll, the day was done. Spent Tuesday in a different unit, digging under the paleosol, about five feet below the surface. The units are all 1X1, a… Continue

Posted on June 25th, 2008 at 2:45pm —

Hudson Meng here I come.

Tomorrow morning I begin my days at Hudson Meng Bison Bone Bed in the Nebraska Panhandle. Research has been going on in this area since the 1970's. Alberta and Eden points found. I can't wait. I have to ask if it is ok if I blog about it before I do details, but I am thinking that the head researcher won't mind. This dig is completely volunteer. No one is getting any kind of college credit for it, or paid for it. I think that this is a good example of how archaeology can work. If anyone wants to… Continue

Posted on June 20th, 2008 at 1:02am —

June 1 is the beginning of a long, hot summer...

So, June 1 puts to close a torturous May. From finals to planning the annual casino night fund raiser for Mollie's school, I have no brain left at all, and am seriously wondering if I will regain it. Last week I spent almost forty hours at DATA working on this stupid casino thing. I am just glad that Amanda showed up because otherwise it might have had a different outcome. From what I was told today, things turned out ok. Maybe even good. I am not so patiently waiting for June 19. As soon as Mol… Continue

Posted on June 1st, 2008 at 9:21pm —