Archive for the ‘Archaeology’ Category
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
It’s official. I flunked my first paper. Oh, the excuses I could make! Out of school for two years and rusty, had a bad college experience and didn’t learn what I needed, not used to reading such complicated materials…
The First Paper of Grad School = Epic Fail!
Tags: ancient cultures, archaeological terminologies, archaeological terminology, archaeological terms, archaeological theories, archaeological theory, colorado college, core and periphery, cornell college, excuses, failure, failure in graduate school, grad assignment, grad paper, graduate assignment, graduate paper, graduate school assignment, graduate school paper, home schooled, mount vernon iowa, one course at a time, post-modernism, post-processual archaeology, preconcieved notions, processual archaeology, study abroad, terminologies
Posted in Archaeology, Egyptology, Egyptology, University of Memphis | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
It was the first day of class. I should have known it would be exciting! Hieroglyphs, Bible-thumpers, computers and drum corps!
The First Day of Class
Tags: bible-thumper, computer lab, computers, culture shock, drum, drum corps, drums, egyptology graduate, egyptology graduate courses, evangelical, evangelist, graduate course, graduate courses, mac, macintosh, Memphis, memphis campus, pc, preacher, tennessee, University of Memphis, university of memphis campus, university of memphis campus life
Posted in Archaeology, Campus Life, Classes, Egyptology, Egyptology, Hieroglyphs, Hieroglyphs, University of Memphis | 3 Comments »
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Yesterday was absolutely brilliant. My parents and I went to see Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at the Denver Art Museum.
Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs
Tags: Bob Brier, Christopher Lee, Denver Art Museum, Egypt 3D, Egypt 3D: Secrets of the Mummies, Harrison Ford, Hatshepsut, Imax 3D, Inty-Shedu, King Tut, King Tut Denver, Mr. Mummy, mummies, mummification, Mummy, mummy DNA, Neferure, Rameses-Nakht, Ronald Wade, Secrets of the Mummies, Senenmut, senet, thot, thoth, Tutankhamun, Tutankhamun And the Golden Age of Pharaohs, Tutankhamun The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, Tutty Bear, Zahi Hawass
Posted in Archaeology, Egyptology, Exhibit, Exhibit, The Mummy's Wrap, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
“Goodbyes are not forever, Goodbyes are not the end, They simply mean we’ll miss you, Until we meet again.”
One Last Update from the North Kaibab
Tags: adventure, Archaeology, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, excavation, goodbye, Kaibab National Forest, leaving, moving, north kaibab ranger district, packing
Posted in Archaeology, Arizona, Fieldwork, Kaibab National Forest | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
I saw very few artifacts on the site. In fact, we found what we believe to be an old screening pile, a pile of refuse from screening dirt for smaller artifacts.
The Looting of Archaeological Sites
Tags: archaeological, archaeological site, archaeological sites, Archaeology, archaeology site, historical archaeological sites, historical archaeology, historical sites, looting, looting archaeological, looting archaeological artifacts, looting archaeology, looting archaeology sites, looting artifacts, looting historic archaeological sites, looting historic sites, looting prehistoric archaeological sites, looting prehistoric sites, pot hunt, pot hunter, pot hunters, pot hunting, pothunt, pothunter, pothunters, pothunting, prehistoric archaeological sites, prehistoric archaeology, sites, steal, stealing, stealing archaeological artifacts, stealing archaeology, stealing artifacts
Posted in Archaeology, Arizona, Fieldwork, Kaibab National Forest | 3 Comments »
