Digging Arlington
History, Archaeology and Artifacts
Archaeology in the Desert
110 Degrees Fahrenheit and still smiling !
So we went to Disney World
• They bought me
this hat!
BUT I’m
ANTI Indiana Jones
What do archaeologists find?Artifacts
• Anything made or modified by people
Dig Rules
• Diggers
• Screeners
• Scribes
• Dress properly
• Long pants
• Closed toed shoes– Jacket – Hat– Water bottle
Where would you find Native American artifacts
Native Americans
• Wampanoag
• Prehistoric
–point of view• Turtle Island
Battle at Old North Bridge
April 19, 1775
• Concord Road
• Jason Russell House
• "... the bloodiest half-mile of all the Battle Road."
Spy Pond Ice
• Sent to Boston for shipment via ship to Caribbean
Minuteman Bikeway
• Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad
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Where would you find Native American artifacts
Dig Rules
• Diggers
• Screeners
• Scribes
• Dress properly
• Long pants
• Closed toed shoes– Jacket – Hat– Water bottle
What if you found this in the woods?