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 Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:03 pm
So I excavated a French and Indian War fort over the summer, and it was awesome biggrin . We were digging at a farm, and because the field had been plowed, tons of prehistorics were intermingled with the historic items (ceramics, rusty nails, etc). The prehistorics themselves were amazing. We found some huge potsherds and absolutely ancient spearpoints and arrowheads. The oldest arrowhead we found was a fishtail that dated back over six thousand years, possibly from the early peopling of the east coast! Pretty ****ing awesome if you don't mind my french wink
I never thought I would have an interest in historic archaeology, but after seeing Fort Ligonier and reading up a little bit on the insanity that was the French and Indian War, I'm not so sure. Forts are sweet, and looking at the historic documents to help piece together what went on at the fort is actually kind of fun. We're finding that the historic record doesn't always match what's actually in the ground. . .
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:42 am
That last part is on of the reasons archaeology is so important. The written reports we have aren't necessarily to be trusted. They are often colored by the biases of those who wrote them down. And often, those written records were based on hearsay and went through several people's biases before getting to paper.
And as to the actual experience you posted on, awesome! That sounds so amazing. I really want to get to do some of that sort of thing myself.
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:26 pm
Wow! you are so lucky! my college doesnt have any archaeological classes and it kinda bums me out. hopefully when i go to a four year school, i can get all my archaeology in. i know i'll find amazing things like that too soon
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:42 pm
Biases aren't the only reason we can't trust written records. Sometimes plain old human error is the reason that our historical accounts are inaccurate. Fort Loudon, for example, was misremembered by a number of visitors as round-shaped, even though archaeology has proven the fort to be rectangular. This kind of mistake is very easy for people to make, but very problematic for archaeologists and curators who rely on accurate information in order to do their jobs.
Anyway, French and Indian War forts are awesome. What kind of a site would you like to go to, Zen Wolf, for your field school?
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:16 pm
Berylis Biases aren't the only reason we can't trust written records. Sometimes plain old human error is the reason that our historical accounts are inaccurate. Fort Loudon, for example, was misremembered by a number of visitors as round-shaped, even though archaeology has proven the fort to be rectangular. This kind of mistake is very easy for people to make, but very problematic for archaeologists and curators who rely on accurate information in order to do their jobs. Anyway, French and Indian War forts are awesome. What kind of a site would you like to go to, Zen Wolf, for your field school? it actually doesnt matter. any site would be good for me. i just wanna go on a dig to get some experience
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