by Amy Simpson | Sep 14, 2018 | Archaeology, Arrowhead, Arrowheads, Artifact, NCDOT, North Carolina, Paleoindian, Projectile Points, Stone
Making Stone Tools the Hardaway: A Paleoindian Artifact from the Graceland Site, Randolph County, North Carolina By Joe Blondino It’s no surprise that archaeologists like old things. That’s why we get particularly excited when we find artifacts dating to the...
by Amy Simpson | Aug 16, 2018 | Archaeology, Artifact, dental hygiene, Household, Maryland, MDOT, Nineteenth Century
A Brush with a Hog: Cleaning Your Teeth in the Nineteenth Century By Kerry Gonzalez In 2018, archaeologists from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA), Applied Archaeology and History Associates, Inc., and Dovetail Cultural...
by Amy Simpson | Jul 12, 2018 | Archaeology, Artifact, NCDOT, Nineteenth Century, North Carolina, Squirrel Creek, Stoneware
Turning and Burning: Locally Made Pottery from the Trogdon-Squirrel Creek Assemblage By D. Brad Hatch July continues our series of posts highlighting the artifacts recovered from the Trogdon-Squirrel Creek site (31Rd1426/1426**) in Randolph County, North Carolina....
by Amy Simpson | Jun 15, 2018 | Archaeology, Artifact, Consumption, Glass, Medical, Nineteenth Century, North Carolina, Squirrel Creek
Featured Fragment – Mexican Mustang Liniment for Man and Beast: Patent Medicines at the Squirrel Creek Site By Michelle C. Salvato This month we are once again returning to our series highlighting the artifacts recovered from the Trogdon-Squirrel Creek site...
by Amy Simpson | May 18, 2018 | Archaeology, Artifact, Civil War, Medical
Featured Fragment – Civil War-Era Tourniquet Clamp from Henrico County, Virginia By Kerry S. González For hundreds of years the tourniquet has been used on extremities, primarily arms and legs, in an effort to stop hemorrhaging during an amputation. For this month’s...