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62 Million Things to Do
Finished Pressure FlakersOffice days are always hard to write about. I usually build my blog posts around a few photos taken during the day. So if I'm not working on something tangible, I find it...
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Free Public Lecture: MUN Archaeology Field School Talk and NLAS AGM
This Monday night Dr. James Lyttleton will be giving a free public talk on the 2013 Memorial University Archaeology Field School that was held on the grounds of Admiralty House, in Mount Pearl. Here...
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Artifact Replication Workshops in Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord
Quttinirpaaq Artifacts (R) and Reproductions (L)I'll be in Canada's two northernmost communities during November teaching artifact replication workshops based on the archaeological finds from...
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Ground Stone Endblades
A pair of replacement ground stone endblades for a Thule harpoon that I made earlier this year. The one on the left is made from slate and the one on the right is nephrite. The slate one is sharp and...
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Arctic Artifact Casts
Dorset "Shaman's Tube" and Human Figurine I'm heading to Resolute Bay tomorrow for the first of two Parks Canada sponsored artifact replication workshops in northern communities. Along the way, I...
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Remembrance Day Flintknapping in Resolute
I didn't plan to spend Remembrance Day flintknapping with members of the 440 Squadron out of Yellowknife, but then again, they didn't plan to be weather delayed in Resolute Bay, either. I usually try...
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Independence I driftwood arrow
Independence I arrowhead in driftwood foreshaft The workshops and demonstrations that I'm doing this week in Resolute and next week in Grise Fiord are focused on the Independence I muskox hunters who...
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Resolute Bay Artifact Replication Workshop
Artifact casts on loan from the Canadian Museum of CivilizationHere are a few photos from the Parks Canada sponsored artifact replication workshop in Resolute Bay. Weather pending, I'll be heading to...
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Apparently Polar Bears Don't Mind Fire
The two on the left are very large cubs belonging to the mother on the rightIf this post goes up on Monday, it means that I've left Resolute and I don't have internet access in the lodge in Grise...
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Moonlit Grise Fiord
Grise Fiord lies along a beach and is enclosed on the landward side by steep rocky mountainsI’m halfway through the week in Grise Fiord and the stone tool making workshop has been going great. Grise...
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Grise Fiord, Nunavut
A cool November afternoon in Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut.Photo Credit: Tim Rast
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Grise Fiord Artifact Replication Workshop
Students researching a harpoon headThe week in Grise Fiord flew by. I'm so grateful to Parks Canada for sponsoring the workshop and to the teachers and students at Umimmak School for making me feel...
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Dorset Lance Head - There, I Fixed It...
Cast of antler lance head with knapped stone side-blades and sinew lashingThis is a slightly embellished cast of an antler lance head that I borrowed from the Canadian Museum of Civilization for the...
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Blogging Archaeology: Why do I blog?
The Society for American Archaeology's 2014 conference will have a session dedicated to archaeological blogging. As a precursor to this session, bloggers with archaeology themed blogs have been...
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How Tall Were The Maritime Archaic Indians?
Maritime Archaic Indian artifact reproductions used in the sand box dig at The Rooms.I got stumped by a question during a flintknapping demonstration today. I was talking about archaeology and the...
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Independence I Driftwood Arrow - Completed.
I didn't have a proper bow with me, but this young fellow was kind enough to demonstrate his technique for musk-ox hunting with the bow from the bow drill.This is a reproduction of an Independence I...
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Nunavut News/North Article
I know how it looks, but replicating stone tools really has nothing to do with the "Failing on education" headline. I'm wrapping up a week filled with a lot of office and computer work. I had a final...
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The NLAS has a Board of Directors
NLAS President, Tim Rast, and Vice-President, Catherine Jalbert, at the 2013 AGMThe Newfoundland and Labrador Archaeological Society had its first board meeting this past weekend. Looking back through...
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Boxing up Flintkapping Kits
Each kit has a copper pressure flaker,leather palm pad and an instructionbookletDuring the winter semester, a friend is teaching a Lithic Analysis course in the Archaeology Department at Memorial...
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Blogging Archaeology; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Screen grab from editing this postDecember's Blogging Archaeology carnival question asks us to ponder the good, the bad, and the ugly of our blogging experiences. From my perspective the good far...
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