Archaeology

[roc2rol]

Always reading about something old that is newly dug up!
This is one of those recent articles

Town from Before Invention of Wheel Revealed

livescience.com – Tue Apr 6, 1:05 pm ET
A prehistoric town that had remained untouched beneath the ground near Syria for 6,000 years is now revealing clues about the first cities in the Middle East prior to the invention of the wheel.

The town, called Tell Zeidan, dates from between 6000 B.C. and 4000 B.C., and immediately preceded the world's first urban civilizations in the ancient Middle East. It is one of the largest sites of the Ubaid culture in northern Mesopotamia.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/tow ... revealed;_

This red stone seal with a deer carved into red stone was unearthed in the prehistoric town of Tell Zeidan. The stone is not native to the area, but the seal is similar to one found 185 miles to the east near Mosul in northern Iraq.
Credit: Gil Stein, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.

Have you ever participated in an archeologist dig?
or any related thoughts…
Ed

[oroblanco]

Pretty cool amigo! Yes both Beth and I have participated in archaeological digs - fun but I am sure most folks would find it tedious and boring. You never know what will turn up though.

Along the same lines as this thread, man has been making jewelry for a very long time - supposedly some (shell) jewelry was found that was 82,000 years old!
http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/8200 ... ery-found/

Roy

[roc2rol]

The ancient use of shell beads from the above article
really fascinates me. How did they drill the holes? To me
that is marvel. Heat tempered sharpened sticks? Shells necklaces
were discovered at the Pueblo Grande of Phoenix.
The people either traded or traveled to collect these shells.

Here are some pottery shards I discovered in my treks of Snaketown


I sure like to find an arrowhead and or some other marvels...
Ed

[Plays In The Dirt]

The ancient use of shell beads from the above article
really fascinates me. How did they drill the holes? To me
that is marvel. Heat tempered sharpened sticks? Shells necklaces
were discovered at the Pueblo Grande of Phoenix.
The people either traded or traveled to collect these shells.

Here are some pottery shards I discovered in my treks of Snaketown


I sure like to find an arrowhead and or some other marvels...Ed

I'd sure like to find the whole intact pot to Photograph.

[roc2rol]

Hi Greg
I hear ya! At the Pueblo Grande Museum
they have some excellent intact clay pottery!
One of my Phoenix suggestions to visit.
I know that not what ya want to photograph.
Like me, I want to find it in the natural environment, also.
I tellya tho…. when I find my cache I’ll need a excellent photographer!
Ed

[roc2rol]

Pretty cool amigo! Yes both Beth and I have participated in archaeological digs - fun but I am sure most folks would find it tedious and boring. You never know what will turn up though.
Roy

Sure like here's some of the details ....

Ed

[cercidium]

howdy fellas,

agreed, finding a full pot would be a special experience. i thought these pics would be fun to add to the mix... the first image shows a large pot and some sister fragments just beyond. the next two are from a hunting site where several impressive arrowheads can be found. all pieces remain in their rightful home, a desert easily identified by the conspicuous flora.

cheers!
-cercidium

[silent hunter]

Ahhhh???

[cercidium]

hmm,
lets try those files again... 100k max, eh? 315 pixels high?? whew. if those aren't restrictions, i don't know what is.

[silent hunter]

Yea nice!!!