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I am interested to get to know you. Who has been on digs, and what are your experiences. Its way beyond anything I have done so far, but would love to be able to go some day.
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Welcome back yarnwench......you said you were a retired archeologist. Oh boy, please do tell us about your career if you have a chance. I envy that. I dont think I would have the patience it takes though. I would be digging like a dog......and running off with the bones. I would want to keep it all and take it home and ....well you get the picture. I would give it back honest but I would want to savour the moment. It would be great one summer to be able to get out and actually go hunting for treasures....sigh. I know. I would not make an archeologist but I do have the interest.
Range Creek, Utah
Range Creek, Utah, an extremely remote canyon in east-central Utah, has been called one of the most significant archaeological finds in the U.S, in the last fifty years. The Range Creek site is one of a thriving Fremont tribe community in the first millennium A.D.
Learn a bit about this amazing find below:
Range Creek Documentary
Learn a bit about this amazing find below:
Range Creek Documentary
anthropology
I think if u are interested in anthropology a class would be a great learning opportunity and most of all fun. I know most colleges offer free classes to seniors. I really loved all of my anthropology classes so much i changed majors after reading about the native americans. Feid school is always a lot of fun, well it was for me. my specialty is in cultural anthropology and measo america is my interest. i have gone on trips looking for rock art in mexico and texas. You spend 2 weeks in the feild on digs or as I did cataloging rock art. I received 6 credits for all this fun. I would love to find a group here near austin, that works at sites as volunteers. I know that el passo has an active volunteer group. I am new to the 50's group and it is really nice..I will be learning
Hello all
I am hoping we can get this group going again! I can't wait to discuss all things about archaeology, anthropology, paleontology, history and everything in-between that is related to these topics.
I am looking forward to what i can learn here in this group.
I have been asked to be moderator and I am so happy to be here! There is so much to talk about!
I am looking forward to what i can learn here in this group.
I have been asked to be moderator and I am so happy to be here! There is so much to talk about!
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
No, I'm not referring to the new Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), I'm referring to the very real mystery surrounding the 'thirteen crystal skulls of apparently ancient origin, found in parts of Mexico, Central America and South America, comprising one of the most fascinating subjects of 20th Century archaeology'. By far the most famous of these thirteen crystal skulls is referred to as The Mitchell-Hedges skull.
'The Mitchell-Hedges skull is made of clear quartz crystal, and both cranium and mandible are believed to have come from the same solid block. It weighs 11.7 pounds and is about five inches high, five inches wide, and seven inches long. Except for slight anomalies in the temples and cheekbones, it is a virtually anatomically correct replica of a human skull. Because of its small size and other characteristics, it is thought more closely to resemble a female skull -- and this has led some to refer to the Mitchell-Hedges skull as a "she."
The Mitchell-Hedges family loaned the skull to Hewlett-Packard Laboratories for extensive study in 1970. Art restorer Frank Dorland oversaw the testing at the Santa Clara, California, computer equipment manufacturer, a leading facility for crystal research. The HP examinations yielded some startling results.
Researchers found that the skull had been carved against the natural axis of the crystal. Modern crystal sculptors always take into account the axis, or orientation of the crystal's molecular symmetry, because if they carve "against the grain," the piece is bound to shatter -- even with the use of lasers and other high-tech cutting methods.
To compound the strangeness, HP could find no microscopic scratches on the crystal which would indicate it had been carved with metal instruments. Dorland's best hypothesis for the skull's construction is that it was roughly hewn out with diamonds, and then the detail work was meticulously done with a gentle solution of silicon sand and water. The exhausting job -- assuming it could possibly be done in this way -- would have required man-hours adding up to 300 years to complete.
---excerpted from Strange Artifacts-Crystal Skulls
Read the full article at:
World Mysteries-The Crystal Skulls
Of course, I intend to see the newest Indiana Jones tale...I can't help but be a fan of the films!
In Touch With Jeannine
Digs
I just recently learned that there are some dig sites that laypeople can volunteer to help on. Never new this before.
That might be an interesting way to spend a vacation or a whole summer.
That might be an interesting way to spend a vacation or a whole summer.
Newbie
I stumbled onto this group by searching groups with the keyword Indiana (as in Jones). What a nice find. Every September is Archeology month in Indiana. The DNR puts on a variety of programs to educate the public. I have attended a number of these over the years. I am also an Archeology Merit Badge counselor for the Boy Scouts. I love history.
Jazzx
Jazzx
