Indiana Janos and The Small Shards of Pottery

July 13, 2012 · Posted in Adventure!, Science! · 1 Comment 

This summer I’ve been more broke than in ages, thanks to the move. Ironically enough I also had the first three weeks of paid summer holiday in my life. When I was figuring out what interesting stuff there is to do, an archaeologist pal Grade mentioned that there will be a dig near Turku, where they are excavating a stone age settlement that dates to 2000-4000 BP. I volunteered to be a digger, which turned out to be a pretty awesome experience.

Still sharp enough to precision cut paper after 2000-4000 years.

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