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If you can't become an archaeologist, at least your earlier life can be the subject of archaeologists if you live long enough to see it:Archaeologists dig into site of '60s commune It's interesting because I wonder how much digging would need to go on in order for them to uncover artifacts from the late 1960s. I'm guessing that what was covered up was done artificially. It kind of makes me wonder what value these items would really have - either historically or monetarily - for anyone if they're only 40 years old.
It is interesting, even though there are no revelations here.Most digs are garbage heaps, what is thrown away, is left with a cross section of deposits. Looking through someone's garbage can tell you alot about them. Like how much money they make, how many people live in a household and if they eat well. Or in this case, what you were smoking.
Populism comes to Archaeology. I think it is telling that its in California. I really wonder if they get anything more relevant from digging than if they went into a former hippies closet.
Here is another article that goes into more detail about the dig. The commune was not the focus of it, the Indian house under the mansion is what they wanted to excavate, and the hippie stuff is just in the way. I was therefore wrong in my prior judgment; this actually appears to be archeologists trying to get at something more relevant than beer cans, tie-dyed shirts, and records. it has some pictures of the stuff they found as well, looks like a typical trash heap to me.Adobe home found under Marin hippie commune
Here is another article that goes into more detail about the dig. The commune was not the focus of it, the Indian house under the mansion is what they wanted to excavate, and the hippie stuff is just in the way. I was therefore wrong in my prior judgment; this actually appears to be archeologists trying to get at something more relevant than beer cans, tie-dyed shirts, and records. it has some pictures of the stuff they found as well, looks like a typical trash heap to me.Adobe home found under Marin hippie commune
Ha....figures! I didn't really understand why a hippie commune was so important when beads, tie die shirts from the 60s, etc. can probably be found in a many-a-baby boomer's closet these days. Why dig a site when you can simply open a door?
