Knowledge Feature: Staying Bear Aware in the Field

Pic: I was kneeling down in my unit examining this clump of clam shells 1.2 m deep, when we started to hear the branches break on the path into site Being an archaeologist generally carries its fair share of regionally unique safety hazards.  Safety hazards that you don’t learn about in a classroom.  These are hazards you can only learn about through experience in the field, either through your own encounters or through stories and…

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Sometimes Archaeology Sucks

Pic: What happens when your contract states all the excavated material from a specific area needs to be screened, and that area is excavated by hydrovac?  You spend two weeks screening mud. Archaeology is incredible.  Every project I’m part of I feel luckier and lukcier to be an archaeologist.  You get to work with incredible communities, travel to gorgeous locations, and see fascinating parts of history and prehistory.  I can’t imagine any better job to…

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