archeology
Lions and tigers and . . . kangaroos?! In Pennsylvania?
April 17, 2008 - 7:17pm — PaulaZ
I love new projects, and I've got a pretty nifty one right now.
On May 30, 1893, the circus made an unscheduled stop in Tyrone, Pennsylvania.
Student Archeologists Discover Ancient Campsite
November 14, 2007 - 11:14pm — PaulaZ
Location(s)
Loysburg DigLoysburg, PASee map: Google Maps Students in Mr. Phil Waite’s history class at Central High School in Martinsburg, PA are having quite a week.
Pumpkin Floods
October 28, 2007 - 5:19pm — PaulaZ
Location(s)
Pumpkin Flood of 1786Danville, PASee map: Google MapsThe rain last week here in central Pennsylvania reminded me of something I came across when I was leading an archeological excavation in Johnstown, PA.
Happy Digging!
October 4, 2007 - 9:38am — PaulaZ
It's October, so it's time for Archeology Month here in Pennsylvania!
OJ didn't do it . . .
October 3, 2007 - 6:42pm — PaulaZ
Location(s)
FerryYarmouth, xxSee map: Google MapsIt's hard to believe, but it was 12 years ago today that a jury in Los Angeles delivered a "not guilty" verdict in the trial of OJ Simpson.
Archeology for Kids
August 14, 2007 - 8:29am — PaulaZ
Location(s)
Hollidaysburg Public LibraryHollidaysburg, PASee map: Google MapsBeing an archeologist is a great job, and today I get to do one of my favorite parts of that job -- I'm talking to a bunch of kids!
Moving heaven and earth
May 19, 2007 - 6:33am — PaulaZ
On May 19, 1980, Mt. St. Helens blew its top. The major eruption was captured on film and it was spectacular.
Ancient epidemic
January 12, 2007 - 10:37am — PaulaZ
My friend Peggy sent me this article from a newspaper in Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands. She'd visited this town a few years back when her daughter and son-in-law were on assignment there. Apparently, the bones in this pile are the remains of victims of the Plague from several centuries ago that were buried in a mass grave. I don't read Dutch, but it appears that the bones may have been discovered as part of a construction project. It's an amazing photo.
Prehistoric Sharks In Montana
December 28, 2006 - 3:14pm — mikesscuba
How would you like to be diving a local quarry or lake and be worried about those angry Falcutus Falcutus. Well, technically you probably would not be too worried, considering that these prehistoric sharks were really only interested in shrimp. Falcutus Falcutus were named for their large dorsel fin jutting up from their head, in the picture to the left it looks like a sickel. The drawing below is a better picture of the sickel like dorsel fin. The males were the only ones to have this first dorsel fin and the other dorsel fin. They developed them when they became mature males.
