Assorted Dangers of the not so very Dangerous Variety

[pinksonia]

    We had looters.  I've never had looters before, probably because I was never really on a project before with anything worth looting.  We were surveying a 1000m access road with a lithic scatter across pretty much the whole thing.  About halfway through, where the artifacts on the ground were at their heaviest, we came across a series of holes that no one on the crew had dug.  They were much more frequent than general shovel tests, smaller in size, and in the center of the road while we usually dig along the sides.  Apparently one of the Civil Survey people was showing Jill pictures of his "arrowhead collection" a couple of weeks ago, so we think it may have been him.  But either way, looters!  It's almost like being Indiana Jones (which usually not so much). 

Also this news makes me not want to go on our Florida project.  I've finally accustomed myself to the cottonmouths, rattlers, copperheads, and assorted  non-threatening snakes.  Adding a new 20ft one = not cool!

Comments

[mcgarrygirl78.livejournal.com]

Your job sounds really cool. I can't believe someone came and stole things, that really sucks. Hope it doesnt set you guys too far back in your work.

[pinksonia.livejournal.com]

The job has its good and bad points, but most of the time I think it's pretty cool too.

Luckily, while collector only want pristine specimens, we can do research and identification on broken points or even early staged ones. We should be fine.

[(Anonymous)]

Ha ha, points! It's a pun, you see. Because points are another word for arrowheads. Which you are excavating.

[(Anonymous)]

Also, I can break some knees if you want.

[pinksonia.livejournal.com]

That's okay, I'll save the violence for later.