Ohio Jones

Indiana Jones makes archaeology look really cool. I think that is because he just ran into a temple and stole stuff before he was killed by the poison arrows. How come he did not have to clear the site of all brush, draw the site, set up a grid, measure everything of a base line, draw the artifact in situ, give the artifact a number, and then carefully bag each artifact separately. Archaeology is not very much like Raiders of the Lost Ark, except maybe for Dr. Keith's hat, scarf, and quick dry Panama shirt.

I think archaeology is just really tired and hot. We have been working all day clearing brush off of one of the Ft. George sites. I completed quick measured drawings of the site in July. This turns out to have been very lucky, as the site sustained tremendous erosion during the September hurricanes.

Today we started to check the site against these drawings. There is still a lot of work to do. But today I dug up a 2 1/2 inch cannon ball, so that was pretty cool.