1. Digging Arlington History, Archaeology and Artifacts

3. Auntie Indie

4. Archaeology in the Desert

5. South Jordanian Desert

6. Before

7. After

8. 110 Degrees Fahrenheit and still smiling !

9. So we went to Disney World • They bought me this hat! BUT I’m ANTI Indiana Jones

10. Archaeologists DO NOT: • Study dinosaurs • Just pick up artifacts • Buy or sell artifacts

11. What is Archaeology?

12. Dead people and Trash

13. PharaohTutankhamen • Coffin is solid gold • 6 feet 1 inches • weighs 243lbs • $$$ = ???

14. Archaeologists Dig

15. Excavation

16. What do archaeologists find?Artifacts • Anything made or modified by people

17. Why are things missing?

18. They rot!

19. ArlingtonArchaeology

20. Grid N W E S

21. Dig Rules • Diggers • Screeners • Scribes • Dress properly • Long pants • Closed toed shoes • Jacket • Hat • Water bottle

22. Where would you find Native American artifacts

23. Native Americans • Wampanoag • Prehistoric • point of view • Turtle Island

24. The Massachuset • Menotomy

25. Arrowheads • Projectile points

26. Flint knapping

27. Wampum

28. Fishing

29. Alewife

30. Would these survive ?

31. Experimental Archaeology

32. Lexington Green

33. Battle at Old North Bridge

36. April 19, 1775 • Concord Road • Jason Russell House • "... the bloodiest half-mile of all the Battle Road."

37. Spy Pond Ice • Sent to Boston for shipment via ship to Caribbean

38. Minuteman Bikeway • Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad • ,

39. Where would you find Native American artifacts

40. Dig Rules • Diggers • Screeners • Scribes • Dress properly • Long pants • Closed toed shoes • Jacket • Hat • Water bottle

41. What if you found this in the woods?

43. Restoration