Archaeological Prospectors

Read the full paper on the submerged Palaeoindian red ochre mines in Mexico.

Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day!

In most/all regions in Canada, a permit is required before any digging of this sort. "Anyone who digs up valuable treasure is supposed to report the find, not hang on to it or sell it to the highest bidder. But even under lockdown, crime continues."

Happy #WorldHeritageDay A great day to consider the 12,000+ years of heritage that remains along the length and breadth of the Wolastoq (St John) River in western New Brunswick. The 673 km long river runs from northern Maine through to southern New Brunswick and has been home to the Wolastoqiyik since time immemorial. The Wolastoq River is a Canadian Heritage River System and a National Historic Site with thousands of undiscovered archaeological sites within its floodplain and former shorelines.

With illegal metal-detecting becoming ever increasingly popular & unchallenged, I often see evidence of their looting in this region, too. "it is not unusual for a field archaeologist to personally encounter looting or evidence of looting activity on multiple occasions across multiple archaeological sites over the course of a career."