Don’t Lick Bones . . .

One way of telling if an unknown artifact is a rock, stick, or bone, is to lick it–bone sticks slightly to the tongue.  It’s gross, but effective.

One of these days . . .

The next crew member that calls me ‘l’il Girl’ or thinks okay to joke about me making them a sandwich will not like the results.  *Sigh* I must’ve played too much Immortal Combat as a kid.

Prehistoric Culture Change

Well, you never know . . .

Archaeology Romance Novels, Book 3: Copy That!

Archaeology Romance Novels, Book 2: Fifty Shades of Clay

Lithic Series, Part 5: Impact Fracture

I’m sure you’ve been just pining to know all about impact fractures and be provided with a somewhat humorous depiction of this occurrence.  So, while surveying, I’ve found a lot of broken projectile points in the field, which are then discarded since they can’t be fashioned into a new point.  Some of the points broke upon impact with the target, still showing how the tool literally fractured into two or more fragments.  Exciting Stuff.