~MarciaH
Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (21:48)
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Don, this topic is for you. You are its inspiration and the reason for being.
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~MarciaH
Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (21:50)
#1
As soon as I get my CuteFTP reinstated (pay for it) I will post things archaeological about America instead of burying them in the world-wide archaeolgy topic. Watch for me. I'll be right back!!
Thanks, Don! You suggested the perfect title. *HUGS*
~wolf
Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (22:16)
#2
so what is american folksways? duh! marcia, you just told us above! *laugh* maybe we oughta have topics for specific areas or continents? whatdaya think?
~MarciaH
Tue, Aug 20, 2002 (23:10)
#3
Rob had New Zeland. Julie has the Cascades. John has topics for his research. Absolutely, if anyone is interested, please create a useful topic to which you are willing to contribute. I cannot know everything so I wish to learn from your interests. That is a great idea, Wolfie!
~MarciaH
Wed, Aug 21, 2002 (23:04)
#4
Please do not think I am departing Geo for other topics. I can find something of nature in just about anything. Geology and folkways? Absolutgely Yes. I will shortly work on posting grave houses. They are made of things mined from the Earth. Ever see a cast Zinc headstone? I managed to find 5 different styles in one cemetery in Indiana a few days ago. They look brand new! It was with great astonishment that I found they had been in the ground as long as the people whose lives they marked. More to come!
~MarciaH
Fri, Sep 20, 2002 (07:16)
#5
This perhaps falls under archaeology - and what really does not?!
English armour found at old US base
An armour breastplate has been found which could date
from earliest days of English presence in what is now the
US.
It was found at the site of a fort built when the Jamestown
settlement was founded in 1607.
It was found in a well which archaeologists have been
excavating for weeks.
The brick-lined well, found earlier this summer, also is
thought to date from the early period of Jamestown, the first
permanent English settlement in North America.
The armour was found sitting upright about three feet below
the surface and was in remarkably good condition, said
William Kelso, director of archaeology for the Association
for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities and a leader of
the Jamestown project in Virginia.
Evidence suggests the well was used as a rubbish dump
after it outlived its usefulness as a water source.
The armour and other artifacts recovered from the well may
help paint a picture of life for early settlers.
"The English found themselves in a strange new land,"
Kelso said. "Some of the equipment they brought was
useful and some was obsolete. They had to adapt to their
environment.
"What we're discovering is the process by which
Englishmen became Americans."
Story filed: 17:32 Thursday 19th September 2002
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_674246.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery.archaeology