Digging Arlington

History, Archaeology and Artifacts

Auntie Indie

Archaeology in the Desert

South Jordanian Desert

Before

After

110 Degrees Fahrenheit and still smiling !

So we went to Disney World

• They bought me

this hat!

BUT I’m

ANTI Indiana Jones

Archaeologists DO NOT:

• Study dinosaurs

• Just pick up artifacts

• Buy or sell artifacts

What is Archaeology?

Dead peopleand

Trash

PharaohTutankhamen

• Coffin is solid gold

• 6 feet 1 inches

• weighs 243lbs

• $$$ = ???

Archaeologists Dig

Excavation

What do archaeologists find?Artifacts

• Anything made or modified by people

Why are things missing?

They rot!

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Dig Rules

• Diggers

• Screeners

• Scribes

• Dress properly

• Long pants

• Closed toed shoes– Jacket – Hat– Water bottle

Where would you find Native American artifacts

Native Americans

• Wampanoag

• Prehistoric

–point of view• Turtle Island

The Massachuset

• Menotomy

Arrowheads

• Projectile points

Flint knapping

Wampum

Fishing

Alewife

Would these survive ?

Experimental Archaeology

Lexington Green

Battle at Old North Bridge

April 19, 1775

• Concord Road

• Jason Russell House

• "... the bloodiest half-mile of all the Battle Road."

Spy Pond Ice

• Sent to Boston for shipment via ship to Caribbean

Minuteman Bikeway

• Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad

• ,

Where would you find Native American artifacts

Dig Rules

• Diggers

• Screeners

• Scribes

• Dress properly

• Long pants

• Closed toed shoes– Jacket – Hat– Water bottle

What if you found this in the woods?

Restoration