Assorted Dangers of the not so very Dangerous Variety

Feb 25, 2008 16:20

    We had looters.  I've never had looters before, probably because I was never really on a project before with anything worth looting.  We were surveying a 1000m access road with a lithic scatter across pretty much the whole thing.  About halfway through, where the artifacts on the ground were at their heaviest, we came across a series of holes ( Read more... )

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mcgarrygirl78 February 25 2008, 22:50:45 UTC
Your job sounds really cool. I can't believe someone came and stole things, that really sucks. Hope it doesnt set you guys too far back in your work.

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pinksonia February 26 2008, 12:41:49 UTC
The job has its good and bad points, but most of the time I think it's pretty cool too.

Luckily, while collector only want pristine specimens, we can do research and identification on broken points or even early staged ones. We should be fine.

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mcgarrygirl78 February 26 2008, 15:32:26 UTC
Ha ha, points! It's a pun, you see. Because points are another word for arrowheads. Which you are excavating.

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mcgarrygirl78 February 26 2008, 15:34:55 UTC
Also, I can break some knees if you want.

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pinksonia February 26 2008, 18:55:05 UTC
That's okay, I'll save the violence for later.

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