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Jun. 17th, 2013 06:02 pmFor today's daily picture, here's what I wore today for my first day of archaeological field school.
The cotton-linen blend shirt was amazingly comfortable and breathable outdoors. In fact, despite the full-length pants and long sleeves, I felt pretty comfortable out in the hot sun. (Fortunately though, most of our work is going to be under shade from trees.)
Looking in the mirror, I really looked like an archaeologist to myself! It made me giggle; it feels a bit like wearing a costume, but it's really functional, practical clothing! I hope I can find more shirts like this at the thrift stores.
Field school was fun. After a couple hours talking about the site histories and various methodologies, we drove to the sites. They're less then a mile down the road; tomorrow I'll just bike over.
One site is possibly the site of the first European settlement in Kenosha County, though my own research leads me to question that. The cabin there was built by a guy named Montgomery; he and his sons were fur trappers there. After the Native Americans in the area were forced out, he followed a long to Iowa, having lived here only 8 years from around 1836 onward. The other site we're investigating is one that the primary investigator hopes will yield information about late post-contact material culture from the late period of occupation by Native Americans (Pottawatomie) before they were forced out of the area by United States expansion.
I Is an Archaeologist! - Pic-a-day 17 June 2013
Copyright Stormdog 2013
The cotton-linen blend shirt was amazingly comfortable and breathable outdoors. In fact, despite the full-length pants and long sleeves, I felt pretty comfortable out in the hot sun. (Fortunately though, most of our work is going to be under shade from trees.)
Looking in the mirror, I really looked like an archaeologist to myself! It made me giggle; it feels a bit like wearing a costume, but it's really functional, practical clothing! I hope I can find more shirts like this at the thrift stores.
Field school was fun. After a couple hours talking about the site histories and various methodologies, we drove to the sites. They're less then a mile down the road; tomorrow I'll just bike over.
One site is possibly the site of the first European settlement in Kenosha County, though my own research leads me to question that. The cabin there was built by a guy named Montgomery; he and his sons were fur trappers there. After the Native Americans in the area were forced out, he followed a long to Iowa, having lived here only 8 years from around 1836 onward. The other site we're investigating is one that the primary investigator hopes will yield information about late post-contact material culture from the late period of occupation by Native Americans (Pottawatomie) before they were forced out of the area by United States expansion.
I Is an Archaeologist! - Pic-a-day 17 June 2013
Copyright Stormdog 2013
