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Digging Arlington
History, Archaeology and Artifacts
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Archaeology in the Desert
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South Jordanian Desert
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110 Degrees Fahrenheit and still smiling !
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So we went to Disney World
• They bought me
this hat!
BUT I’m
ANTI Indiana Jones
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Archaeologists DO NOT:
• Study dinosaurs
• Just pick up artifacts
• Buy or sell artifacts
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What is Archaeology?
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Dead peopleand
Trash
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PharaohTutankhamen
• Coffin is solid gold
• 6 feet 1 inches
• weighs 243lbs
• $$$ = ???
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Archaeologists Dig
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What do archaeologists find?Artifacts
• Anything made or modified by people
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Why are things missing?
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ArlingtonArchaeology
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Dig Rules
• Diggers
• Screeners
• Scribes
• Dress properly
• Long pants
• Closed toed shoes– Jacket – Hat– Water bottle
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Where would you find Native American artifacts
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Native Americans
• Wampanoag
• Prehistoric
–point of view• Turtle Island
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The Massachuset
• Menotomy
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Arrowheads
• Projectile points
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Would these survive ?
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Experimental Archaeology
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Battle at Old North Bridge
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April 19, 1775
• Concord Road
• Jason Russell House
• "... the bloodiest half-mile of all the Battle Road."
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Spy Pond Ice
• Sent to Boston for shipment via ship to Caribbean
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Minuteman Bikeway
• Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad
• ,
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Where would you find Native American artifacts
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Dig Rules
• Diggers
• Screeners
• Scribes
• Dress properly
• Long pants
• Closed toed shoes– Jacket – Hat– Water bottle
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What if you found this in the woods?