Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Keep Mr. Richens in mind
Just found out a few minutes ago that one of Lane's heart valves (aorta) collapsed this morning. It wasn't considered a heart attack but he has been hospitalized. They put a stent in his heart to clean things up. It sounds like things will be ok, but a few prayers never hurt anything. Apparently he will have a stent in his heart for life and be on medication for a year.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
As if it hadn't already been rammed down our throats...or, "Damned Hippies digging up my body"
Just got the August issue of National Geographic.
There's an article about Range Creek in there. The link takes you to an excerpt, but I would suggest taking a look at the full article. There are many cool photographs.
The article itself is a fluff piece full of Waldo Wilcox's ramblings and Metcalf's and Barlow's damage control after Waldo rambles.
At one point, Wilcox gives NG his version of the occupation of Range Creek, (Paraphrase)...
Well, I think that a long time ago little people lived around here, they weren't more than two feet tall, then, the Fremont came in here and killed them off.
As for the "Damned Hippies" reference, that's Waldo's opinion of archaeologists digging up graves.
Check it out.
There's an article about Range Creek in there. The link takes you to an excerpt, but I would suggest taking a look at the full article. There are many cool photographs.
The article itself is a fluff piece full of Waldo Wilcox's ramblings and Metcalf's and Barlow's damage control after Waldo rambles.
At one point, Wilcox gives NG his version of the occupation of Range Creek, (Paraphrase)...
Well, I think that a long time ago little people lived around here, they weren't more than two feet tall, then, the Fremont came in here and killed them off.
As for the "Damned Hippies" reference, that's Waldo's opinion of archaeologists digging up graves.
Check it out.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Mayan Ice Cream (Useless Summer Post #2)
Hi all, saw this and thought you might be interested to enjoy desert like Pacal(or whatever his full name was). Or at least taste how a bunch of euro-americans think mayan chocolate tastes.
Sugar wasn't added to chocolate until it got over to europe right?
If anything, the interactive website is pretty cool.
Sugar wasn't added to chocolate until it got over to europe right?
If anything, the interactive website is pretty cool.
Monday, July 10, 2006
The Holy Trinity of Fresca (useless summer post)
We all know that Fresca flows through the veins of all true OPA fieldworkers, but the question is, which Fresca is best?
As many of you may or may not know, Fresca is now available in three flavors.
Sparkling Citrus (original)
Sparkling Peach Citrus
Sparkling Black Cherry Citrus
I will admit, when these new flavors came out in 2005, I was skeptical. Since then however, I have become quite the fan of peach fresca. It truly is paradise on the tounge. My personal ranking of the Frescas is as follows:
Peach
Original
Black Cherry
Have any of you tried them? I know Holly and I share the same sentiments, but I ask you fellow Fresca lovers, which of the three is your favorite?
DRINK PEACH FRESCA AND LIVE
As many of you may or may not know, Fresca is now available in three flavors.
Sparkling Citrus (original)
Sparkling Peach Citrus
Sparkling Black Cherry Citrus
I will admit, when these new flavors came out in 2005, I was skeptical. Since then however, I have become quite the fan of peach fresca. It truly is paradise on the tounge. My personal ranking of the Frescas is as follows:
Peach
Original
Black Cherry
Have any of you tried them? I know Holly and I share the same sentiments, but I ask you fellow Fresca lovers, which of the three is your favorite?
DRINK PEACH FRESCA AND LIVE
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Jenny's FIR
Hi all!
I'm glad to leave overall summarizing to Aaron's debriefing, but I've now had enough time away from field school to actually sit down and reflect and thought I'd throw it on here for another perspective.
Amen to the refreshing attitude toward decision-making down there! I couldn't believe how often we heard Jim say "It's your dig, what do YOU think?)! And, in the end, I have to give up my private tirades against Arizona...it was a paradise compared to St George, although both camps were comfortable.
My personal highlight was our last three days after several weeks of survey and site recording. My crew spent 3 days on a site we named Hilltop Condos for the number of habitation structures clustered tightly around a small plaza on the point of a hill. Great site! We drove over it with Jim when we went to show him a feature we'd found during survey and it's absolutely gorgeous. The rubble we first recognized in the road turned out to be one of the round structures on site. We eventually identified 3, possibly 4 or 5 total round structures. One is set way apart from the others with very few artifacts. Best guess is it's our kiva, but we didn't have time to test it. Not sure what Hilltop dates to, but ceramics ran the full gamut from PI-ish (I think) to a single poly-chrome piece. We dropped a 1x1 into the plaza where the midden is darkest. Hit our best bet at sterile only 30 cm down, paling in comparison to Aaron and Brad's site, but boy was it artifact rich.
Well, anyway, it's a great site. I think Dave may be the only person on here who saw it, but we were still finding features at that point, so it may not have looked like much. And there's no real comparison to Molly's Imperial 400 or Brad and Aaron's Poverty Ridge East.
The students did really well, I was very impressed. It was an interesting group. Eclectic, to say the least. Jim's kids were an interesting addition. Molly and I shared a tent with Elizabeth and Christopher spent a couple days out on survey with my crew. And, despite my insistence that historics can be fun, it was really great to spend some quality time with real artifacts and such. I really wish I'd known my stuff better--horribly inadequate--but there is still so much to learn about the Anasazi. Our biggest problem, as ever, will be finding good dates for these sites, but hopefully next year they'll get corn.
Well, I'm glad to be back and enjoying a much needed change of company, though I'd stay with the venue down there anyday. It's going to be interesting to see what develops in lab, though I don't envy the students for the amount of washing and labeling they'll have to do on top of their analyses. Molly, Brad, Aaron and I will be co-authoring a paper with Jim for GBAC, mostly summarizing and presenting preliminary data. We'll see how that turns out.
On an aside, if anyone knows people looking for volunteer experience--poor jobless undergrads and such--send them my way. We've got the Uinta National Forest PIT Project out at Vernon 2nd week of August and are pretty short-handed. We'll be focusing on homestead recording, but we've also got some wicked big lithic scatters to chase out. Not the most exciting work, but gorgeous scenery. Vernon's the center of the universe, after all. There are a couple postings about it on the bulletins at the MPC.
Happy field work, everybody! Savor the summer, woe the winter, eh?
I'm glad to leave overall summarizing to Aaron's debriefing, but I've now had enough time away from field school to actually sit down and reflect and thought I'd throw it on here for another perspective.
Amen to the refreshing attitude toward decision-making down there! I couldn't believe how often we heard Jim say "It's your dig, what do YOU think?)! And, in the end, I have to give up my private tirades against Arizona...it was a paradise compared to St George, although both camps were comfortable.
My personal highlight was our last three days after several weeks of survey and site recording. My crew spent 3 days on a site we named Hilltop Condos for the number of habitation structures clustered tightly around a small plaza on the point of a hill. Great site! We drove over it with Jim when we went to show him a feature we'd found during survey and it's absolutely gorgeous. The rubble we first recognized in the road turned out to be one of the round structures on site. We eventually identified 3, possibly 4 or 5 total round structures. One is set way apart from the others with very few artifacts. Best guess is it's our kiva, but we didn't have time to test it. Not sure what Hilltop dates to, but ceramics ran the full gamut from PI-ish (I think) to a single poly-chrome piece. We dropped a 1x1 into the plaza where the midden is darkest. Hit our best bet at sterile only 30 cm down, paling in comparison to Aaron and Brad's site, but boy was it artifact rich.
Well, anyway, it's a great site. I think Dave may be the only person on here who saw it, but we were still finding features at that point, so it may not have looked like much. And there's no real comparison to Molly's Imperial 400 or Brad and Aaron's Poverty Ridge East.
The students did really well, I was very impressed. It was an interesting group. Eclectic, to say the least. Jim's kids were an interesting addition. Molly and I shared a tent with Elizabeth and Christopher spent a couple days out on survey with my crew. And, despite my insistence that historics can be fun, it was really great to spend some quality time with real artifacts and such. I really wish I'd known my stuff better--horribly inadequate--but there is still so much to learn about the Anasazi. Our biggest problem, as ever, will be finding good dates for these sites, but hopefully next year they'll get corn.
Well, I'm glad to be back and enjoying a much needed change of company, though I'd stay with the venue down there anyday. It's going to be interesting to see what develops in lab, though I don't envy the students for the amount of washing and labeling they'll have to do on top of their analyses. Molly, Brad, Aaron and I will be co-authoring a paper with Jim for GBAC, mostly summarizing and presenting preliminary data. We'll see how that turns out.
On an aside, if anyone knows people looking for volunteer experience--poor jobless undergrads and such--send them my way. We've got the Uinta National Forest PIT Project out at Vernon 2nd week of August and are pretty short-handed. We'll be focusing on homestead recording, but we've also got some wicked big lithic scatters to chase out. Not the most exciting work, but gorgeous scenery. Vernon's the center of the universe, after all. There are a couple postings about it on the bulletins at the MPC.
Happy field work, everybody! Savor the summer, woe the winter, eh?
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