Tag: archaeology

ArchInk 2021, Day 2: The Best Rubbish

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Response to ArchInk prompt, The best rubbish. Cartoon image of 1930s deodorant/footcream tube (i.e. one of my favorite artifacts observed). There's an advertisement for this saying "Mary is beautiful but dumb because she does not realize she she smells poorly." Lather Up!

My response to the ArchInk prompt, “The Best Rubbish.” This is one of my favorite historic artifacts I’ve observed while surveying, a small pink tube of women’s underarm and footcream deodorant from the 1930s. I went down a rabbit hole of advertising for these products from that time and they are horrendous! Who knew a lack of deodorant could shipwreck marriages? Make a woman dumb? And so much more! There’s a wonderful article by Sarah Everts in Smithsonian Magazine about how advertising companies tried to convince women they smelled bad and needed their products: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-advertisers-convinced-americans-they-smelled-bad-12552404/.

‘ABCs of Archaeology’ Education Video

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I made a quick kid friendly video for all of those caregivers out there, filling in the role as teachers during this crazy time.  It’s the ‘ABCs’ of archaeology, with terms, bouncy music, and moving images.  Some of the terms I chose are ridiculous, but you’d be surprised how hard it is to find an archaeological term for ‘Q’!  Click on the link below, which will take you to YouTube.

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Click here for the video: ABCs of Archaeology!

SHPO on a Hippo!

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You may be chuckling to yourself or asking ‘what on earth is a SHPO?’.  A SHPO is a State Historic Preservation Officer, which was created by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.  Every state has a SHPO and a SHPO Office.  They oversee the compliance efforts of all federal agencies (i.e. BLM, NRCS, NPS, Forest Service), as well as private companies receiving federal funding.  They are there to help ensure that we make a good faith effort in recording, reporting, protecting, persevering, etc. cultural resources.