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The AIA would like to thank our veterans for their service and highlight our collaboration with the #VeteransCurationProgram, that featured a daily artifact from the collections of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the five weeks leading up to International Archaeology Day.
Today’s #artifacts come from the USACE @HuntingtonCorps Robert C Byrd Locks and Dam in W.V. Processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram, these artifacts can help with hobbies! Try your hand at marbles, sewing, playing w/ miniatures, or even do some writing! #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020
Horseshoes aren’t just practical - they can also be lucky! The iron originally used to make them was thought to ward off evil spirits. This artifact, processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram, comes from the @USACESacramento #newhoganlake. #horseshoefacts #IAD2020 #IADVCPArtifact
This profile map comes from the @LADistrictUSACE Mojave River Dam #archives. Processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram, this drawing shows that working in the heat of the Mojave Desert may bring visions of #Kokopelli, who is often known as a trickster! #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020
These decorated historic #tobaccopipes were found at #FortDelaware in the @USACEPhilly and processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram ahead of #IAD2020. Let us know which one is your favorite! #IADVCPArtifact
This #MysteryMonday historic artifact from the #JenkinsHouse collection (USACE @HuntingtonCorps) was processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram. They think it’s a #tureen lid handle, similar to this one found on https://t.co/5NOPPEAEBj. What do you think? #IAD2020 #IADVCPArtifact
Today’s #IADVCPArtifact from the #VeteransCurationProgram is a lithic channel flake from Joe Pool Lake in the @USACE_FortWorth District. Channel flakes are diagnostic of fluted Paleoindian projectile points. Which type of Paleo point do you think this flake came from? #IAD2020
Today’s #artifact is a ceramic rim sherd with handle from @KC_USACE Smithville Lake. Processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram, this prehistoric sherd was probably part of a two handled utilitarian pot. Pots like this have been found at Cahokia Mounds. #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020
Today’s #artifacts are prehistoric bone tools processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram and come from Whitney Lake in the @USACE_FortWorth District. Faunal analysts and zooarchaeologists can study their function through use-wear and micro-wear analysis. #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020
Today’s #artifact is a bone awl fragment from @KC_USACE Smithville Lake. Processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram, bone awls have been used for thousands of years in North America and around the world for leatherworking. #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020
This artifact, processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram San Mateo lab, shows that sometimes #artifact identification can be tricky! What do you think this mystery artifact from the @USACESacramento #newhoganlake could be? Leave your thoughts below! #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020
#IAD2020 is less than a month from #ElectionDay, so the #VeteransCurationProgram would like to highlight some presidential artifacts from the #FortDelaware collection in @USACEPhilly! These campaign gifts include a Zachary Taylor flask and a Ulysses S. Grant pipe! #IADVCPArtifact
The #VeteransCurationProgram processed this projectile point from the @PortlandCorps Dalles Lock and Dam. It looks like it was made from a regular rock but was actually made from petrified wood–a common material for stone tools east of the Cascades in WA. #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020
Today’s #artifact comes from @KC_USACE Smithville Lake. Processed by the St. Louis #VeteransCurationProgram lab, this is a chunky lithic preform with a random flaking pattern. Preforms are a step in the process of creating chipped stone tools. #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020
An Introduction to the Anatomy of a Flake’s Ventral (Inner) Surface
1) Platform: Where the stone was hit
2) Bulb of Percussion: Force expands outward in a Hertzian cone
3) Termination: Where the force exits the stone
#VeteransCurationProgram #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020 @USACEMobile
This #biface is from the @USACEMobile Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Mississippi. The #VeteransCurationProgram processed this artifact which is essentially a prehistoric Swiss Army Knife. It’s a tool that can make other tools like flakes, points, and more! #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020
Our #WhatIsItWednesday artifacts come from the #FortDelaware collection in @USACEPhilly and were processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram in preparation of #InternationalArchaeologyDay2020. Check back tomorrow to find out what they are! #IAD2020 #IADVCPArtifact
This point processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram exhibits an impact fracture. Years ago this point sailed through the air and struck something. The hit caused a flake to be driven backwards from the tip, resulting in this distinct damage. #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020 @USACEMobile
Today’s #artifact comes from the @KC_USACE Smithville Lake. Processed by the #VeteransCurationProgram, this large prehistoric point has corner notches and a carefully worked flaking pattern, though a portion of the point is gone, possibly due to exposure. #IADVCPArtifact #IAD2020
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