It has been a busy week. Two Fridays ago we had a group of hoods steal the tool box out of the back of the archaeology truck. Fortunately they didn't steal anything, but it took us a while to find all the tools and repair the tool box. Unfortunately we we getting ready for a weekend in the field with the friends group and didn't have much time in the morning. On Saturday we had a rock art recording trip and while we were out there found this:
It appears to be a Pueblo I canteen that we are in the process of restoring. It was really a fun weekend. But to bracket the week in time we stopped to look at this yesterday...
I think that it is an old railroad tank car used as a stock tank. That is what is great about this job, the archaeological record is very diverse, you never know when you'll be gluing a pot together or studying a rail car.
How did they get the rail car out there?
ReplyDeleteThey should have been able to haul it out on a semi trailer from the tracks. Where the car is located the rail line is only a few miles away. I think the interesting question is how did they got it on and off of the trailer without some sort of large crane.
ReplyDeleteWhen does it date to?
ReplyDeleteI assume the first half of the 20th century...
ReplyDeleteIt has some old truck tires keeping it from rolling over, but I haven't really been able to figure out how old it is yet.
Ask Lauren.
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