Monday, June 29, 2009

Agriculture Meets Archaeology

Last week I photographed an archaeology site on Steve Patricia's farm in Ligonier Township. He'd discovered some interesting artifacts while digging on his land a couple of years ago and invited the University of Pittsburgh Archaeology department to research there. Behind the camera is the organized clutter of stakes, labels, strings, and archaeology students wearing bright colors and slowly brushing away matrix (dirt). Even though it doesn't tell the whole story, I liked the simplicity of this image. Most of what is known about this chunk of land comes from records from the church you see in the background.



Landowner Steve Patricia looks over the archaeology site on his farm in Ligonier Township, Pa., that is part of the university's Field Farm Archaeology and History Project on June 24, 2009.
(Sarah Beth Glicksteen/Tribune-Review)

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