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Him/he male Southeast USA archaeologist posting about archaeology, history, botany, geology, maps, LiDAR, & more. Bluesky: @archeaids.bsky.social

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Archaeological site excavation visitors getting perspiration salt off of our trowel handles.

Two types of orange & white butterflies on trowel handles.
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It'l Bit & her tweed glasses case pillow. #

Orange tabby with head on case

Orange tabby with head on case
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Ann got me a t-shirt.

Shirt with stratigraphy that way, "My Sediments Exactly."
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Fired beads made from Florida clay given to me by potter Osa.

The clay cracked some on firing. I'll glaze them & see what happens.

9 orange clay beads
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It's finished!

Reproduction Hodges Engraved (Caddo V ca. 1700-1840 CE) reed stem pipe.

Black to dark brown 45° angle pipe decorated with circles amid cross-hatched background. The reed stem has been dyed a similar color & cross-hatch incised. The incising cuts through the dye. Behind the ceramic pipe on the stem is a 4-plait on 2 dark gray-brown, 1 yellow & 1 dusty rose cordage wrapped around the reed. Dangling off this, the plaited cord has 2 red- brown glass beads hemming in 1 of my clear glazed punctated red clay beads. The dangle ends with 2 dark gray-brown feathers.
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Fun fact: Deer mandible "saws" have been recovered from several archaeological sites in North America.

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@Da_Gut Not only have I recovered many of them as an archaeologist, I also used to hunt white-tailed deer every year. From a side view they look like they should be in a carnivore's mouth.

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Degraded sample of freshwater mollusk shells from a blufftop household shell midden at a Late Weeden Island village (Site 8LI76) on the Apalachicola River in Florida. They will be used for shell temper in ceramic reproductions.

Gallon plastic bag 1/5 full of white shell & shell fragments.
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The boys were zonked last night while I played Star Wars Battlefront II. Not even a screaming Wookie could disturb them.

2 orange cats asleep in an office chair.
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