Book tag

"Old Town" from across the tundra


The beach during winter


Old Town before the 2006 fire


Two beautiful elders!



Today at work I got tagged via email, and I thought I would also post the response on here (mostly to make up for lack of content). So here goes:

Open the nearest book to a random page (I was on page 58 when I check my email). Go to the fourth paragraph, which says:

Fourty-seven ceramic sherds were recovered from a depth of 68-98 cmbd. The ceramics excavated during the course of work can be divided into three basic categories based on surface decoration: plainware, checked/impressed, and curvilinear. The exterior surface had eroded on two sherds, making it impossible to place them into a decorative category. Four sherds fall into the curvilinear category. These are all gravel tempered body sherds. Color varies from black to reddish black, representing varying degrees of oxidation in the firing process. Sherd thickness ranged from 11.3-17.9mm with a mean thickness of 15.65mm. The decoration of these sherds is identical to the curvilinear design on the paddled potsherds from Ahteut described by Giddings; who related that the concentric circles applied to the outer surface of these pots were applied with a paddle with finger holds approximately 35cm long and 5cm wide, incised with three spiraled circles.

So, this is one of the reports I worked on today... regarding the excavation of a site near Hooper Bay (Yu'pik Village, traditionally known as Askinaghamiut [wrong way people/village], now known as Naparyarmuit [stake village people]) as part of a mitigation excavation of a semi-subterranean dwelling (house pit) and burial so that the villagers can have running water and sewer installed in their houses.

When I go out in the field, this is the sort of job I work on... Nothing too exciting, but playing in the dirt is always fun. lol Oh, and cmbd means centimeters below datum (the vertical control used to place artifacts in a 3-D site map). The site itself is dated to circa AD 1500-1650, so about 200 years or so before white folks started hanging around the area for more than a day or two.

Now, I tag anyone reading this... who, of course, wants to!