Comments on: Pre-Clovis in Minnesota??? http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/ Archaeology Fri, 08 May 2009 21:11:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Lizzninda http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Lizzninda Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:40:06 +0000 http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/#comment-92 Hey Brian, I think the Walker artifacts are going to the CMA's next weekend for Scott Anfinson and others to look at. I think we'll get a more conclusive answer then. I'm leaning towards "no" since they appear to be outwash from a moraine. Hey Brian,

I think the Walker artifacts are going to the CMA’s next weekend for Scott Anfinson and others to look at. I think we’ll get a more conclusive answer then. I’m leaning towards “no” since they appear to be outwash from a moraine.

]]> By: Brian http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Brian Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:03:21 +0000 http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/#comment-77 "MacGordon" - it's a good idea that you are resorting to an alias. You of course need to hide from your troublesome past. My lab students have learned to be cautious whenever opening a field bag with the initials "JAG" since they never know what they'll find. Sometimes it's a "pretty rock", or dirty socks, or even tortilla with PBJ. I just tell them that "JAG" was an English major. They nod knowingly. “MacGordon” – it’s a good idea that you are resorting to an alias. You of course need to hide from your troublesome past. My lab students have learned to be cautious whenever opening a field bag with the initials “JAG” since they never know what they’ll find. Sometimes it’s a “pretty rock”, or dirty socks, or even tortilla with PBJ. I just tell them that “JAG” was an English major. They nod knowingly.

]]> By: John MacGordon http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/comment-page-1/#comment-76 John MacGordon Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:22:22 +0000 http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/#comment-76 Yeah, I read about this. I don't know -- I guess it's pretty neat, but it just doesn't seem that great to me. I mean, I was cleaning out my old bedroom at my parents' house, and I actually found a sculpture of some kind of lizard that I'd made for a third grade science fair project. You can't tell me these tools are older than that. Or cooler. Oh, on an unrelated note, I have some original lizard-themed art for sale. It's very... green, but then again, I hear that green is the new black, so don't expect this offer to be around long. Yeah, I read about this. I don’t know — I guess it’s pretty neat, but it just doesn’t seem that great to me. I mean, I was cleaning out my old bedroom at my parents’ house, and I actually found a sculpture of some kind of lizard that I’d made for a third grade science fair project. You can’t tell me these tools are older than that. Or cooler.

Oh, on an unrelated note, I have some original lizard-themed art for sale.
It’s very… green, but then again, I hear that green is the new black, so don’t expect this offer to be around long.

]]> By: Brian http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Brian Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:38:16 +0000 http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/#comment-74 Hey Ayla - the bad news is that now you have to tell your crews to keep digging when the hit glacial outwash deposits. Actually, there's some literature on the idea that the near ice edge environment may have been attractive to human foragers (we generally view it as inhospitable and barren). The idea is that there would have been a productive micro environment, particularly as things warmed up at the end of pleistocene. Hey Ayla – the bad news is that now you have to tell your crews to keep digging when the hit glacial outwash deposits.

Actually, there’s some literature on the idea that the near ice edge environment may have been attractive to human foragers (we generally view it as inhospitable and barren). The idea is that there would have been a productive micro environment, particularly as things warmed up at the end of pleistocene.

]]> By: Ayla Aymond http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Ayla Aymond Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:10:43 +0000 http://bhoffman.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/pre-clovis-in-minnesota/#comment-73 How cool is this! Its pretty interesting that the site would have been within "spitting distance" of the glaciers -- I wonder what that kind of proximity could indicate about site formation and/or human behavior patterns. In any case, hopefully the city can work out some kind of plan to preserve this site for further investigation at least... How cool is this! Its pretty interesting that the site would have been within “spitting distance” of the glaciers — I wonder what that kind of proximity could indicate about site formation and/or human behavior patterns. In any case, hopefully the city can work out some kind of plan to preserve this site for further investigation at least…

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