Anyone here into archaeology?

[Maddy McCall]

I do SE Woodland archaeology for a profession...anyone here interested in the SE Woodlands? What area holds your interest?

[Redneck Socialist]

1. Dumb question here

what exactly is woodland archeology? Digging up old stuff in the woods?

I'm not being flip, it sounds interesting.

[Maddy McCall]

2. No, it's the focal area--

Instead of Plains or Southwestern Indians, I focus on Southeastern INdians who lived in the eastern woodlands.

So, yes, much of what you find is in the woods, but most of it is in fields near rivers.

Not a dumb question at all. :-)

[Redneck Socialist]

3. Ahhh...got'cha

Sounds cool.

[TX-RAT]

4. I've been hunting arrow heads and artifacts since i was a kid,

Theres 8 frames of points in my office now. I've got Metate Stones throughout my cactus gardens. Not a lot of pottery, most of the tribes here were nomadic. On the back side of my place is a old flint quarry, found a ton of thick bi-face pieces there.

[fishnfla]

5. armchair interest

we have shell middens here from the Timucuan tribes circa 1100 ad. They are near my fishing spots, remote. Sometimes I'll climb one and commune with the vanished tribes of Florida. My kids like to visit them too, we tell stories.....

Edit to add: astroarcheology (the chaco phenomenon) is of interest to me too

[semillama]

6. I'm a historical archaeologist

specializing in Industrial Archaeology.

Mostly I just do your run of the mill surveys in front of highway projects, though. I'm based out of Ohio but I have worked in the southeast a bit, though.