Astragali from Lamoka Lake
Sorting going on of bones from the 1990 excavation at Lamoka Lake. These are white-tailed deer astragali, all from the…
Argillite Point from Lamoka Lake
The first interesting find isn’t an animal bone. This argillite projectile point was mistakenly put in with the animal bones…
Back to the Bones
It’s been a while since we’ve written anything about the actual archaeology of the Lamoka Lake site, but that’s about…
That Irish Cowboy Western Song
That would be Two Shillelagh O’Sullivan sung by Bing Crosby and written by Perry Botkin and Preston Foster. Botkin was a…
Why Was Pottery Invented in the Northeast? Not for Agriculture.
Ceramics were invented independently at least twice in North America – in the Southeast about 4,500 years ago, and in…
Smuggled Turtles Identified by Paleontologist
Shells and body parts of endangered turtles were identified by paleontologist Don Brinkman, leading to the conviction of the smuggler.…