tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post8727425110297100964..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Sunday Sensational ScienceDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-6452202360943572582008-12-24T05:22:00.000-08:002008-12-24T05:22:00.000-08:00As a matter of fact I will be in the Southwest nex...As a matter of fact I will be in the Southwest next summer on vacation. We doing Mesa Verde. Normally I'm not too excited about prehistoric American stuff, but those are too cool to miss. <BR/><BR/>That's also probably because the Indian tribes here were just hunting parties so we don't have a lot of 'civilization'. Just lots and lots of projectile points and the occasional pottery shard.Mike at The Big Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510309563965977831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-5075029929958244822008-12-22T13:28:00.000-08:002008-12-22T13:28:00.000-08:00Hey, at least you got more than a lousy t-shirt. ...Hey, at least you got more than a lousy t-shirt. ;-)<BR/><BR/>We Southwesterners had a bit o' fun - we had an old <A HREF="http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/%7Ed-antlab/Soutwestern%20Arch/Sinagua/sinagua.htm" REL="nofollow">Sinagua</A> pit house ruin behind our house. Lots of potsherds, old firepit, the occasional arrowhead. That may be where I picked up my love for ancient history, who knows?<BR/><BR/>A lot of the canals in Phoenix follow the old Hohokam canals. And there's cliff dwellings all over the state. If you've never gotten the chance, you'll have to get yourself out there and let your inner archaeologist swoon.Dana Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-69184679866085079712008-12-22T05:54:00.000-08:002008-12-22T05:54:00.000-08:00I spent three years as an archaeologist and the co...I spent three years as an archaeologist and the coolest hing I found was a 'bit' from a British shilling in the builder's trench of a circa 1816 house. <BR/><BR/>Those European guys get to have all the fun.Mike at The Big Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510309563965977831noreply@blogger.com