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Hi :wave:

Iv been lurking in your lovely forum for some time now and thought it was about time i joined in.

Im an archaeologist by profession, and wanted to let you know that some of the information on these pages has been really useful in my job.........from explaining why that iron age hearth has been constructed in such a way, to what those palaeolithic nutters might have been foraging for in a marsh, to how to keep meself warm and dry amidst said marsh in the middle of winter.


I have also been inspired to set foot in my local woods and am developing an interest in wild foodstuffs. Mmmmmmm..........Mushrooms.

Anyway, Thanks for sharing.

P.s

Any advice on waterproof, preferably breathable, clothing that can take being caked in mud, and can take a serious battering down a hole would be much appreciated (as i recently tore an arm off my helly hansen jacket at work.)

Cheers again!
 
Hi welcome to BCUK :wave:

I have a breathable Peter Storm jacket from millets that is really good and i have put it through alot after hiking in the pouring rain and pushing through brambles, climbing trees etc it often gets caked in mud but i just stick it in the wash and it comes out just the same. I like to spray it with a reproofer after washing too :biggthump

Cool archaeologist sounds really interesting! Perhaps you could share some stories in the future. :biggthump
 
Hooray, an archaeologist!

I'm studying archaeology for A level and shall carry it on at Uni, very interesting.

I've posted a question on 'other chatter' titled 'archaeology project'......

Welcome
 
Welcome.

I feel a lot of what is done under the banner of Bushcraft could be of help in improving understanding of archaeology. To this end I have tried to find archaeology forums to no avail. Do you know of any forums for archaeologists to discuss abbevillian hand axes, and flint arrow heads etc?.


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A warm welcome. I know there are several people on the forum who are into experimental archaeology, so there should be some good discussions to look forward to! :-D

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Thanks everyone, feel right at home now.

Young Bushman - Thanks for the advice on the coat, think i'm gonna have to go shopping before the weather gets any more autumnal. I have been working near you recently, on the new channel tunnel rail link in Swanscomb.

We've been finding some really cool prehistoric stuff. From Clactonian flint scatters to elephant and mammoth tusks. It seems that the flint tools were being made by pre-humans (monkey-men) and there is some evidence that they were using them to butcher the elephants.

Clactonian technology is quite primitive, the pre-humans pretty much hitting two flints together and collecting the sharp bits, which were only occasionally reworked (and was therefore quite a haphazard and wasteful way of making flint tools). What we can't figure out is if the monkey men were actively hunting the elephants, or if they simply struck lucky whilst scavenging.

What do you all reckon', could a monkey man take out an elephant with tusks over a meter long? How many would it take, how would they do it and what would they use given their relatively primitive stone technology?

I wonder if Ray Mears could take an elephant!
 
Its true, i dont have a whip or sport a stupid hat, but i do have a collection of crayons and a girlfriend called Margo.

My cardigans are nicer than Tony's tho. :yikes:
 
I believe homo habilis (sp?) was the first tool user..... way before homo sapien (us....). You have to do some more research if you want to identify the species ;-)

Ed
 
Digbum, there was a big saxon burial chamber discovery in Southend about 6 months ago, very interesting i believe the artefacts have now gone on to the British Museum not sure though.

Regarding the coat, I also have a Peter Storm fleece which is a great combination for the coat. Millets do alot of good coats including Berghaus and North Face top people to deal with, with devoted salespeople (in my experience) and lots of sales!! . You really should have a look in a store or on their site.
 
Have since discovered that the monkey-men were probably Homo Heidelburgensis, ancestors of Neanderthals.

As a bonus one of my bosses made and gave to me a flint hand axe which is trully a thing of beauty. Think i might try my hand at knapping if i can source any decent flint near where i live.

As for a waterproof - purchased myself a spanking new army gabardien smock with a removable goretex liner - £20 eBay. Works a treat as the outer takes all the mud and can be washed in normal detergent so i dont have to keep reproofing it, whilst the liner keeps me dry and is breathable.

Well i thought it was ingenious anyway.......
 
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