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Catching up with JLowe
It’s been a month. It hasn’t seemed that long; I guess time has been flying. What with my 4-day birthday weekend (which included Fun Fun Fun Fest), hanging out with a new girl, and having my mom visit...
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Dogs, poop, and archaeology in the news
Since I’ve blogged on here several times about the canine skeleton we recovered at Fort Hood last year, I thought I would share this link about the earliest evidence for dogs in the Americas. The bone...
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Front page news
Currently in Kerrville, surveying for a transmission line designed to bring the energy generated by windfarms in West Texas into the grids that serve the densely populated areas of Central and Eastern...
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More on public archaeology
(stick with me, there’s a pretty nice little story at the end) I wrote earlier about how this current survey project I’m on has added stress because it’s pretty controversial, with a lot of...
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Uneventful week
I’m probably jinxing myself by posting this on Thursday, with a half-day of survey left here in the Junction area before heading back to Austin for a very busy weekend. But there just really hasn’t...
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Making a public impression, part 1
I just got a new Texas tattoo with my friend Dave. I tweeted about it, saying “getting another Texas tattoo today. hoping that this will make ranchers a little more comforable with me!”. This led to a...
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Making a Public Impression, part 2
Last time, I talked a bit about some of my challenges with making a public impression as a (for want of a better word) “punk” archaeologist, especially in a state like Texas steeped in cowboy mythology...
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Fannin Battle Ground day 1 & 2 results: SUCCESS
Musket ball So, we left off yesterday with some background about the Fannin Battle Ground State Historic Site, including why I was skeptical of having significant results. This was influenced by...
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Fannin Battle Ground survey, day 7
My crew kicks ass!! Instead of resting on yesterday’s laurels, they went out today and did an even more impressive survey job. They surveyed all of the non-built-up portion of the monument circle at...
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Temporary project blog started
I’m going to be leading a survey next week. We’ll be doing some metal detecting near the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. It’s similar to what I did a couple of months back at the Fannin...
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