Artifact
I've been volunteering at the Maryland state archaeology lab processing artifacts. The things we are working on are from a 19th century site in Baltimore. This is a piece of a 19th century transfer print Pearlware dish that was in one of my bags today. The task is to separate all the different materials into their own bags for storage and list them on a data input form. We mostly have just pieces of things- some very small. I had two bags of ceramic shards and that ended up with 23 after sorting and describing.
I have a BA in Anthropology/Archaeology that I earned in my late 30s while working full time in accounting. So nice to put it to use now that I have retired!!! As strange as it sounds, I enjoy this. There's a mystery about who had the piece last and how it ended up where it was.
Artifact
I've been volunteering at the Maryland state archaeology lab processing artifacts. The things we are working on are from a 19th century site in Baltimore. This is a piece of a 19th century transfer print Pearlware dish that was in one of my bags today. The task is to separate all the different materials into their own bags for storage and list them on a data input form. We mostly have just pieces of things- some very small. I had two bags of ceramic shards and that ended up with 23 after sorting and describing.
I have a BA in Anthropology/Archaeology that I earned in my late 30s while working full time in accounting. So nice to put it to use now that I have retired!!! As strange as it sounds, I enjoy this. There's a mystery about who had the piece last and how it ended up where it was.