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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
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Tag Archives: Artifacts
The Potsherd Ponder
“People like to pick them up and take them home. Some are small as buttons, some a quarter of a broken bowl with insides painted in spirals and interlocked teeth. I’ve seen places lousy with potsherds turned bare in a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Archaeology, Artifacts, Beach, Chumash, Ethics, Fishing, History, Indians, Native Americans, Potsherd
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Ancient Artifact: Eccentric Chipped Stone Crescent
“Orr recalls only surface finds of crescents in the Santa Barbara area of California. He states that crescents have been found in late sites but feels they are early intrusive crescents brought in by the late inhabitants of the sites. … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara
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Tagged Adventure, Anthropology, Archaeology, Artifacts, Hiking, History, Los Padres National Forest, Native Americans, Public Lands, Santa Barbara, Wilderness
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No Halibut, One Arrowhead
The artifact as found sitting center frame. What? Where? I found this copy of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel, Diary, tucked into the children’s section for sale at the Goleta branch of the public library. I mistook it for an oversight in … Continue reading →
Posted in Santa Barbara
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Tagged Anthropology, Arrowhead, Artifacts, Beach, Chumash, Fishing, Indians, Native Americans, Nature, Ocean, Santa Barbara
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Long Lost Trail Discovered, Hiking In A Time Of Lockdown And Distancing
Jack-in-a-crack doing what he does. Wandering. Searching. Hunting. Looking. Seeing. Sometimes discovering. Looking to get my hike on, and so surveying various trailheads through my car window during the COVID-19 governor’s lockdown order, I saw more cars parked than expected, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Archaeology, Artifacts, Hiking, Hiking (2), History, Los Padres National Forest, Nature, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Mountains, Wilderness
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Chumash Stone Bowl
“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 – Jesus, did you?” —Stephen King, “The Body” I spent an inordinate amount of time at the beach when I was ten and eleven … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Archaeology, Artifacts, Beach, Chumash, Indians, Native Americans, Ocean, Outdoors, Santa Barbara, Travel
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