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Same Gear, Different Pile
It's that time of year again. The thermals and bug spray are packed and it's off to the airport to begin the long haul north for another field season. Stay safe out there, everyone.Photo Credits: Tim...
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Blog Post #1000
This is the 1000th Elfshot blog post and with it, I'm packing my bags in a different way. Groswater PalaeoeskimoHarpoon HeadI started this blog back in 2009. Within the first couple of months I...
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First Day on Site
Our first site of the season greeted us with a brief shower followed by a nice bright rainbow. By the time I took this photo the rainbow had retreated to the far side of the river, but when it first...
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Wrapping up the summer
Drilled slate point It was a brief field season this year in Nunavut and it's all over now but the packing. The weather is a big factor in the successes and set-backs of fieldwork and this year the...
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Life on the Tundra
Young Arctic HareMany of the baby animals on the tundra have instincts to freeze and blend with the boulders and vegetation.Overflowing nest of Lapland Longspur chicks.Perfectly mute. They'd be easy...
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Participate in Archaeology Blogging Research
Fleur Schinning is currently writing her master’s thesis as a part of a specialisation in Heritage Management at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her research will focus on the use of blogs and...
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A Few New Dorset Reproductions
Chert, slate, and nephrite toolsI'm back in the workshop after being away for several weeks. After a bit of clean-up last week, I'm slowly working my way back into production. I've lost the calluses...
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Arctic Artifact Reproductions
I'm working on two sets of artifact reproductions for a traveling mock archaeology dig initiated by Nunavut's Inuit Heritage Trust to be used by school groups across the territory. One set represents...
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Elfshot and NLAS
Pieces for a sandbox digI've been splitting my time over the past week in a few different places. I should be spending the bulk of my time on Elfshot, as that is what pays the bills these days, but...
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Inuit Heritage Trust Artifact Reproductions
Slate flakes and finished andunfinished slate toolsI've finished two sets of Arctic artifact reproductions for Nunavut's Inuit Heritage Trust. One set is based on Thule Inuit artifacts and the other...
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Alaskan PalaeoIndian Spear Preparation
A resin castI received a cool courier package today from Alaska. It contained a core of chert from the Brooks Range, a long strip of caribou back sinew and a resin cast of a PalaeoIndian spear point....
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ARCH 4153 Lithic Analysis at Memorial University of Newfoundland
I'll be teaching ARCH 4153 during the winter semester through the Department of Archaeology at MUN. This course is offered every second year and we will cover many topics that will help archaeology...
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Upsizing Arrows
It's been a while since I'vebought feathers, but I wantedto match the banded fletchingon the original referencearrow.Now that I've fallen out of practice with blogging, I don't know how I ever managed...
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Arrows done and delivered
Ozark Turkey feathers and hand made steelarrowheads.The arrows I mentioned in the last blog post are finished and delivered now. They are going to be used in a movie that is being filmed around St....
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Back in the workshop
For the past couple of weeks I've been able to schedule a couple of days a week in the workshop. I'm dreadfully far behind on orders and trying to get caught up again before the end of the fiscal...
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A few Arctic artifact reproductions
Harpoon heads and foreshaftI've been working one day a week and taking evening classes at Memorial University this semester. This week is Reading Week, so I have a bit of a break from teaching and...
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How-To Care For Your Thule Harpoon Reproduction
This blog post is for the folks at The Manitoba Museum who will be receiving this Thule Harpoon reproduction in the mail in the coming days. The harpoon has several moving parts and there will be some...
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More Reproductions for Nunavut Schools
Thule and Dorset HarpoonHeadsThis is a second set of Dorset, Thule Inuit, and Historic artifact reproductions on it's way to Nunavut for inclusion in a traveling archaeology school kit that I've helped...
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Portable tool kit for Parks Canada, Nunavut Field Office
Composite tools for a portableDiscovery KitIt feels so good to be getting more orders out the door! Here is a pair of hafted artifact reproductions based on the Independence I artifacts found at...
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ARCH 4153 Field Trip to The Rooms
Touring the Archaeology vault at The Rooms,with Lori Temple (in green)I've been teaching ARCH 4153 Lithic Analysis this semester at Memorial University of Newfoundland. A good part of the course was...
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