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Excavation
Legacy Name: Excavation


The Custom Nostalgic Velosotor
Owner: Permanent

Age: 11 years, 1 month, 3 weeks

Born: February 4th, 2013

Adopted: 8 years, 7 months, 3 days ago

Adopted: August 24th, 2015


Pet Spotlight Winner
April 12th, 2017

Statistics


  • Level: 3
     
  • Strength: 10
     
  • Defense: 10
     
  • Speed: 10
     
  • Health: 10
     
  • HP: 10/10
     
  • Intelligence: 0
     
  • Books Read: 0
  • Food Eaten: 0
  • Job: Stock Worker


The Male Custom Nostalgic Velosotor - dug up by Permanent
Profile by pizza|Overlay by Panic|Story by Permanent

So you want to be an archaeologist? Saw a bunch of movies about a guy finding lost treasures and thought hey I could do that! Well, those movies were horribly wrong. That guy stole artifacts, a real archaeologist would have done a whole series of steps before even touching one. Being an archaeologist is like being a historical detective. We treat the dig sites as crime scenes and meticulously work it over. We can easily spend months and even years on just a small half-acre plot of land, especially if there is a lot of small pieces to be found.

So lets go over the basics. To keep things easy I am just going to bullet point them. Again just the basics:

• Every dig is planned. We map out an area, record the coordinates and section it off into smaller plots.

• Governmental permission is always required, sometimes native permission as well.

• Our work is often seasonal due to weather constraints. Trust me when I say rainy season can mess you up.

• Depending on the type of site we do sometimes use large machines to quickly excavate the top soil.

• We always screen the soil we excavate to ensure we don't miss even tiny fragments.

• If you find anything you have to stop and record where it was found both on paper and with pictures.

• Each fragment gets labeled usually by assumed type and location to help identify them when examined or tested more thoroughly.

• Artifacts can be removed from the site depending on the laws both governmental and native.

• Depending on the site, most often the soil is replaced unless structures have been found.

Now that was again just the basics there are a ton more rules and regulations. Not only that but every site is unique and has specific challenges. The main point is that the work done is meticulous and well recorded, they don't just dig and take things. The artifacts found too greatly vary from pottery to fossils! So time for a brief introduction to some common tools you will find brought on digs:

• Brushes! Soft bristle in multiple kinds, ones that look like various paintbrushes, and even toothbrushes are used to gently sweep debris off artifacts.

• Shovels and Trowels. Gotta use something to help get the dirt off in mass.

• Buckets! To collect the dirt which we then put through like a strainer to get even smaller artifacts.

• Protective Gear! So like helmets, gloves, protective eye wear and lights so we can work in the dark.

• Journal and Camera! Gotta record where and how you found things. Super important!

So that's the basic gist of things. Just enough I hope to get you interested and motivated to find out more information on your own. It really is fun but at the same time it is really rigid. Things have to be done a certain way and everything recorded which takes a lot of time. But for a pile of bones like me, I definitely enjoy the process and excitement I see when you guys found me. Pretty rare to find such a complete specimen. Take pride in knowing I died in such a way I got preserved forever.

Pet Treasure


Artist Angle Brush

Junior Archaeologist Tool Kit

Artist Mop Brush

Sculpting Needle Tool

Artist Fan Brush

35mm Camera

Bristle Brush

Tape Measure

Dustpan

Archaeology Field Notebook

Gravedigger Shovel

Safety Helmet with Headlamp

Steele Shovel

Shovel Farm Tool

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