[Betis70]

>>as a travel writer flown around first class, entertained by govt tourist offices in various countries.

I think you are my new anthropology hero. Wow that would be fun! Though there is something to be said for being all grimy and dirty living out of a tent. Maybe it was my inner Boy Scout coming back--or possibly the 'liquid bread' we packed into camp. ;-)

Alkhin--I used to work in New England as contract archie. Think gravel pit with some soil around it. I think I still have knee problems as a result, but did get to work on some pretty cool sites, including an early 17th century native fort.

[Alkhin]

LOL - "gravel pit with some soil around it" - shall we compare flesh wounds?? LOL - try getting our famous black soil gumbo off the skin/skeletal material/artifacts - or digging in it when there hasnt been rain for several weeks. Like digging for bricks.

would love to excavate something older than 150 years old, and more substantial than broken dart points and ochre.