Neat site I recently visited.

[joshuaream]

Here are some pictures of a new (new to me at least) site that I visited. This site is in a warm country that doesn't like us, and hasn't been excavated just heavily erroded... These sites were in great condition until people moved in during the last 50 years, bringing goats. The goats ate the ground cover and the wind started blowing away the sand.

Here is view of about 10% of the site, the white things are shells that are part of the midden.

This site is about a 3 hour hike from the main road, we started out at about 6 am and cached some bottles of water on the way to the site. We spent a couple of hours at the site, had lunch, and walked to another site. Around 3pm we started the hike back, picking up the water bottles we'd left earlier. I didn't pick up anything from this site, it was too far to carry anything back out.

A little closer of a view:

Ouch:

A couple of people erroding out:

At one time what would have been a very nice piece of pottery, but the goats stepped on it.

This is a large burial urn that is starting to errode. Probably one of the earlier ones as we are down to the lower levels. These had lids (probably the pieces scattered around it) and contain a burial or two.

Another urn, this is probably the lid, and the urn is still buried.

The culprits of destruction:

 

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[11KBP]

Here are some pictures of a new (new to me at least) site that I visited. This site is in a warm country that doesn't like us

Great pictures Joshua ...very interesting!

"This site is in a warm country that doesn't like us".

You know, there are quite a few countries that could fit that description, lol.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Nice pictures Joshua. In the last two pictures before the one of the goats what is the pointy thing in the third from the bottom and is that a bead in the center of the pot in the next to last picture?

 

[joshuaream]

I looked at it on a higher rez copy of the picture, and I think it's a fish vertebrae.

I'm going to email around some pictures tonight of finds on other sites, I ended up with about 2 quarts of beads one sites.

 

[Tnmountains]

Great looking southern site. I have seen a burial urn from this region. They are big pots and very rare to see one not broken. Nice to see some of the artifacts from other places. Be careful.

 

[pickaway]

Wow great pics.Did you keep any of that stuff looks like you might be able to piece some of it back together.Thanks for showing us...

 

[joshuaream]

I've put together a lot of pots from sites like that, but this one was too darn far away to carry pieces. (It's like hiking in the Badlands, on a map it's a strait line couple of miles, but the reality is up and down hundreds of little gullies, dry coulees, blow outs in temps well over 100 degrees.)

I would have made the effort if I saw anything spectacular, but most of it was the same as any of the other sites closer to the main highway.

One of the local collectors picked up this axe, I probably would have carried this out but we left a lot of broken ones there.

 

[bravowhiskey]

Those shards look like Anastasi.
The country may not like us, but their people sure come here in hordes.
That hike looks to be well worth it, enjoyed the pics, thanks.

BW

 

[Tnmountains]

I am confused on the shell?? Salt/fresh near a water source? Also are the beads stone
Thank you I love seeing that stuff. The market here has really taken off due to the diff in prices.
So I heard. Be careful we will wear you out,,lol.
later
TnMountains

 

[naturegirl]

Hey there joshua, love those pics! Hmmm south america, warm country, doesn't like us much..... I spent a great deal of my childhood in a country like that. It has a quasi-elected dictator who absolutly hates us now. I wonder if it's the same country. The goats look familiar.

Cool cool stuff
naturegirl

 

[joshuaream]

This is about 20 miles or so up river from the ocean, the shells are a mix of fresh water mussels, oysters from the mangroves and clams/scallops/conch from the ocean.

A lot of them are drilled, but because of the intense sun beating down on them they are very chalky and fragile. A lot of what I find on other sites are beads, and I love them. I'll make another post showing some of my beads after I finish up mowing.

 

[Cappy Z.]

Thanks for posting.

I've got to say however that this appears to be a major achaeological site. I hope you are aware of the laws etc. Hate to hear you are sleeping in a foreign prison...

Cap Z.

 

[Americus]

This is very interesting. Thanks for sharing.