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MCAP Field School, Day 6: Rain, rain, go AWAY!

drtmperes wrote 1 week ago: – by Dr. Tanya Peres and Kyle Deitrick   We woke  up this morning to predictions of 60%+ … more →

Tags: Archaeologist, Field School, Geomorphology, Middle Cumberland, MTSU Archaeology, Public Outreach, shell, Shell Midden, zooarchaeology

MCAP Field School, Day 5: First week is done!

drtmperes wrote 2 weeks ago: The first week of field school is officially done. To date we have completed 73 auger tests with an … more →

Tags: Archaeologist, Field School, Geomorphology, MTSU Archaeology, Public Outreach, Sedimentology, zooarchaeology, Bucket Auger, geoarchaeology

MCAP Field School Day 4: How deep can we go?5 comments

drtmperes wrote 2 weeks ago: Today we continued on with our auger survey — and I hope you aren’t getting bored of upd … more →

Tags: shell, Field School, Archaeologist, MTSU Archaeology, Sedimentology, Geomorphology, Public Outreach

MCAP Field School Day 2: Goal + 1!5 comments

drtmperes wrote 2 weeks ago: My name is Callie Lopeman (that’s me in the red hat holding the auger) and I will be a Senior … more →

Tags: Field School, Archaeologist, MTSU Archaeology, Sedimentology, Geomorphology, Public Outreach

MCAP Field School 2012: Day 1

drtmperes wrote 2 weeks ago: Today was the official start of the MTSU Middle Cumberland Archaeology Project 2012 Field School. We … more →

Tags: Middle Cumberland, Field School, MTSU Archaeology, Sedimentology, Geomorphology

Unofficial Start of Fieldwork -- Site Datum and Grid

drtmperes wrote 3 weeks ago: Today a small group met at the field site to establish the main datum and grid baseline. It was a ne … more →

Tags: Middle Cumberland, Field School, Archaeologist, MTSU Archaeology, Geomorphology

Meet the Archaeologists, Part IV1 comment

drtmperes wrote 1 month ago: MCAP welcomes Ryan Robinson as the project Geoarchaeologist. Ryan has worked as an archaeologist in … more →

Tags: Middle Cumberland, Field School, Archaeologist, Sedimentology, Geomorphology

Climate Studies at ENMU - Week 2 Update

Ethan Ortega wrote 2 months ago: The climate studies class at Eastern New Mexico University has resumed, instructed by Dr. David Kilb … more →

Tags: archaeology, Climate Studies, Clovis, Clovis site, Field Work, Blackwater Draw, Climate, climate change

Recent Activity at the Clovis Site2 comments

Paleotool wrote 2 months ago: Photo courtesy of Tandy Bozeman. Photo courtesy of Tandy Bozeman. Photo courtesy of Tandy Bozeman. P … more →

Tags: Agate Basin, archaeology, Clovis, Clovis site, Field Work, folsom, museum interpretation, Photography, clovis site

A Surprise Find

Ethan Ortega wrote 4 months ago: Sometimes in archaeology things don’t always go as planned, and sometimes the past hides gems … more →

Tags: archaeology, Clovis site, Field School, Field Work, lithic analysis, Paleoindian, primitive technology, arrowhead, Climate

6th Experimental Archaeology Conference Abstract - Rowena Banerjea et al

Experimental Archaeology Conference wrote 4 months ago: From the 6th Experimental Archaeology Conference, York, 2012 Identifying formation processes in the … more →

Tags: Abstracts, 6th Conference York, Scientific, Post-depositional processes, Soils, Micromorphology, floor, roofed/unroofed spaces, Silchester

Paul is all set to go on National Geographic Society expedition to Gobero, Niger1 comment

Paul at Stirling wrote 6 months ago: Paul writes, as another aside to the Crossroads project. I will shortly be in Niamey as part of a Na … more →

Tags: News, General, archaeology, niger, gobero

Climate Change Study at the Clovis site

trowelgal wrote 6 months ago: “Climate Change in New Mexico” is a new class offered by Dr. Kilby at ENMU for undergrad … more →

Tags: archaeology, Field Work, Field School, Clovis, folsom, Paleoindian, Clovis site, Paleoindian, clovis site

Dust Storm1 comment

Paleotool wrote 7 months ago: We are in the new Dust Bowl.  There have been more than a few dust-filled days this year but the Hab … more →

Tags: Clovis, haboob, Dust, clovis site

Photo of the Week 9/23/2011

trowelgal wrote 8 months ago: Excavation of Alberto Isequilla’s pit resumed in 2009 as the fieldschool for ENMU archaeology … more →

Tags: archaeology, Field Work, Photography, Field School, Paleoindian, Paleoindian, ISEQUILLA, clovis site, Photo of the Week

Taking Cores Samples

Doug Inglis: divingarchaeology.com wrote 10 months ago: 2008 - You can see the beautiful layers in the core. The peat compacted extensively. We took a numbe … more →

Tags: Forest Canyon Pass, Prehistoric archaeology, Geology, archaeology, Rocky Mountain National Park, Paleo-environment, unc

The Snowmass Mastodons

Paleotool wrote 10 months ago: Excavations of the amazing finds near Snowmass, Colorado are wrapping up.   Mammoths, mastodons, gro … more →

Tags: archaeology, Paleontology, zooarchaeology

Folsom wedge excavation in progress1 comment

trowelgal wrote 1 year ago: Click to view slideshow. … more →

Tags: archaeology, Field Work, folsom, Fauna, Paleoindian, Paleoindian, zooarchaeology, Bison, clovis site

Geoarchaeology Class 3/9/2011

trowelgal wrote 1 year ago: Click to view slideshow. The Geoarchaeology class had two assignments from last week: 1) Updating an … more →

Tags: archaeology, Field Work, folsom, Paleoindian, Paleoindian, Bison


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