It is an easy process to find out what happened on this date ten years ago. There are plenty of Internet sites dedicated to providing this kind of information. Even if you were searching for events of one hundred years ago, you would not find it all that difficult. But what about events of five thousand years ago, before writing had been developed? How would you know how people lived and died? You would have to find the remains of an ancient culture and study them. In general, archaeologists do just that. They study the lives of prehistoric human communities through the examination of their material remains.

What picture comes to mind when you hear the word archaeologist? Do you see a middle-aged college professor with a fear of snakes traveling around the world in an adventurous search for hidden treasures in caves and doomed temples? The adventures of real-life archaeologists may not be quite this glamorous, but archaeologists do have a passion for discovering hidden truths about societies and cultures. Using various scientific methods, or specialized procedures that are unique to their field of study, they endeavor to determine the history of a given site. Two of these specialized methods are the use of surveys and excavations.

Have you ever wondered how archaeologists can date the smallest particle of bone or tool and can form conclusions about early humans from small artifacts? To date artifacts, a three-age system of dating based upon the manufacture and use of tools has been developed. Artifacts are dated and placed in one of these three periods: the Stone Age, Bronze Age, or Iron Age. These dates refer to the period of prehistory, the time when written records were not available. Archaeologists will attempt to compare similar artifacts from different regions of the world to establish an accurate timeframe. However, the dates in each of these periods will vary for different parts of the world because of differences in the rate of development in technology and social organization.

Rocks Tell a Story

How does the geologist help to reconstruct the earth’s history by dating the age of rocks and fossils? Geological and archaeological dating relies on two types of dating methods: absolute dating and relative dating. If you wanted to know how many years ago an event took place, you would use the absolute dating method.

Absolute dating uses a number of different methods, including the study of tree ring patterns, the coral growth cycles, the changes in the magnetic field of the earth, and radiometric dating such as potassium argon and radiocarbon/C-14. Of these, radioactivity is the most commonly used method. This method relies on measuring the decay of naturally occurring radioactive elements. Geologists attempt to date early humans and cultures by measuring the remaining amounts of carbon-14, potassium, thorium, and uranium found in organic materials. The older the materials, the lower the amount of these elements are.

If you want to know the correct order in which events happened, but not how many years ago, then the relative dating method is used. Relative dating helps to determine chronological order; that is, the order or sequence in which events took place. How is the relative dating method used? This method ties an approximate date to an artifact, based upon where it was found, the type of artifact, the geological location, and the similarity it shares with other artifacts found at a site. The most common methods in relative dating are stratigraphy, seriation, and geologic-climate.

The earth’s surface consists of various layers of rock and soil, like rows of concrete block in a wall. The branch of geology that studies the various layers of rock and soil is called stratigraphy. Studying how far apart artifacts or tools are from each other or which tool type occupies a type of strata is known as the dating method of stratigraphy. The main idea is that the lower layers of earth strata or artifacts are older than those found lying on strata near the top. As an example, consider the story of Heinrich Schliemann, a wealthy amateur archaeologist who discovered the ancient city of Troy. As he dug, he found not merely one layer of the city but rather nine layers stacked one on top of another. Stratigraphy was used to help date the history of Troy.

Seriation works on the same principles. Seriation is defined as the procedure of developing a chronology of arranging remains at a site in the order that produces a consistent pattern of development. This is done by studying the changes in the development of artifacts and tools. For example, as tools or artifacts are slowly introduced into a society, there is a gradual increase in use, which eventually declines, and then disappears. Seriation helps to determine sequences of events at an excavated site by studying artifacts in this manner.

Today, the research gained by both the archaeologist and geologist can be analyzed using computers. Scientists can make virtual analysis from the smallest pieces of artifacts. From this, computers provide visual reconstructions and representations of the whole artifact. Computer-generated visualizations of fossils and artifacts have assisted scientists in their analysis and our understanding of the past.

The Nature of People

The definition of anthropology is the study of humans. Anthropologists are scientists who study people and all their activities—their “way of life.” Their goal is to discover the regularities or similarities in human customs that exist among various groups. Knowing how groups are similar, the anthropologist can generalize about human behavior.

At the beginning of this century, Arnold van Gennep noted that birth, puberty, marriage, and death are accompanied by ceremonies in all groups. Although the details of this cultural regularity may differ from one group to another, the significance is constant. The social passing of a person from one stage in life to the next is a cultural regularity. Anthropologists call such ceremonies rites of passage. In addition to rites of passage, anthropologists have found many other elements common to all social groups. These widespread elements are known as cultural universals.

These and other elements provide the basic material for anthropological analysis. The main concern in the study of cultural universals would be to explain why people who are so scattered from one another do the same kinds of things. For example, why do all societies have cooperative labor, kin groups, and language? Are these behaviors inherited or learned? Where did they originate? Why do they appear in isolated groups? In addition, anthropologists want to explain the differences among the details of these universals. For example, why do housing style, size, and material differ among groups? Why didn’t all people get their food in the same way? The goal of anthropology is to answer questions such as these.

The Comparative Method of Anthropology

Anthropologists use the comparative method to study people in their cultural variety. The comparative method is the procedure of comparing cultural similarities as well as differences among various societies. This procedure helps anthropologists find patterns in culture. The comparative method also gives an anthropologist a worldwide background for understanding any part of a society’s culture; that is, the information anthropologists have gotten by studying many societies will enable them to understand something about one particular society.

Anthropology is holistic in obtaining cultural information used for comparison. It is not limited to the study of any single part of a society’s culture. The anthropologist tries to understand every aspect of a particular culture.

Anthropology is both historically and geographically comprehensive. Both simple and complex societies are examined. Ancient societies yield cultural information about themselves from the literature of their period and from their material remains.

When you die, how would you like to be remembered? Would you like to be remembered for your fast cars, beautiful women and flashy designer wardrobe? Or, would you rather be remembered as a kind person who cared for others while selflessly serving your fellow man and saving animals in the process? However you want to be remembered, you must remember this: the artifacts that you will leave behind when you die will serve as the means for people to remember you and what you stood for. 

So, it is safe to say that you really interested in thinking about death and your eventual mortality, right? 

Today is the perfect time to take stock in your life so far and decide how you would like to be remembered by friends, your children, grandchildren and extended family after you have passed on from this life. 

Take a look around your house. These items will more or less be the artifacts left behind from your life if you died today. Is this mess of pizza boxes, beer cans and old magazines how you would like your legacy to be remembered? Probably not. 

So what should you do today to help change your life and start creating a legacy for yourself that will last after you are gone from this life? Start by looking at your friends. 

Are they people you enjoy being around? Are they people who will stick up for you when times get tough and come to your aid if you ever need it? Your friends are part of the artifacts you will leave behind when you die. If they are not the type of people you would want to be involved with, look elsewhere to find other friends.

Also, look at your personal hobbies and habits. If you have a bad reputation and a bad attitude towards people, those are the worse memories you want to leave behind.

Of course, you do not have to turn in to a saint, but you should be conscious of what you are portraying yourself as in the future. If you don’t care about the type of artifacts you leave behind in this life, continue on the same path you are going. You will be remembered either fondly or negatively, that is your choice. Or, if you change your life and make better decisions, your life will be remembered with great joy and people will solace in the fact that you were a good person who created a good life and left the world a little bit better than how you found it.

The choice is up to you. Just know that the artifacts you leave behind will remain forever. Forever is a long time. You have only one life so live it the way you best see fit and create your own happiness and reputation.

There are multiple steps that an archaeologist must take before he starts to dig. An archeologist’s first step is to decide just what it is that he hopes to find.  Sometimes he will be looking for a specific item. For example, Howard Carter looked for years hoping to find King Tutankhamun’s tomb before he actually found it. Other times, the archeologist has a more general goal that he hopes to achieve. In this case, he would have in mind some bigger, broader questions that he wanted to answer with his finds. Example questions might be: Why did a group of people leave an area? What modes of transportation did a group of people use? The archaeologist must know what he hopes to find before he begins to search. This way he will not waste time, energy, or money.

Once the archaeologist has decided what his main goal is or has defined what he wants to find, he must start studying . Before an archeologist makes a trip to the site he plans to dig up, he must do as much research on it as he can. He is looking for new information and is wise to take advantage of the work others have done. After all, “the great civilizations that began about 5,000 years ago are usually mentioned in various historical accounts”. Carter, who found King Tutankhamun’s tomb, researched ancient Egypt for thirty-one years. All of this research prepared him to know where to dig and what clues to look for as evidence of King Tut’s tomb. As shown with Carter’s example, this step might actually take years before it is complete. The research is complex and unique for each archaeological dig, but one thing is generally true of all projects. That is, the more an archeologist knows about the civilization he is studying, the better prepared he will be to make sense of new objects that he uncovers.

The next step that archeologist must take is to find money to fund his dig. This means that he must either write grant applications or find people who will donate either time or money to help fund the project. Without money, the archaeologist cannot hire people to help him. In fact, he could not even afford the tools necessary to help dig up the artifacts. Lord Carnarvon hired

Howard Carter to help find ancient Egyptian artifacts. Without Lord Carnavron’s money and his belief that it was being used well, Carter would never have found such a wonderful archaeological site.

After the archaeologist is able to find enough money to fund his project, he will begin to survey the area. A survey involves the archaeologist and his team examining the area to see where the artifacts might be located. They might go up in a plane and complete an aerial survey, or stay on the ground and complete a surface survey, or they can “look” beneath the surface with a geophysical survey. The archaeologist will survey the land to see what evidence he can find to support his goal. If the archaeologist cannot find any artifacts, he will have to survey a different site. Surveying can involve taking pictures or soil samples, using a metal detector, and plotting out where the artifacts can be found. Surveying does not cost as much money as actually excavating a site. It is a step that allows the archaeologist to evaluate whether his goal is accessible or not. If there is not enough evidence to support he guess that there are objects from the past there, the archaeologist might have to begin some more research before moving forward.

Once the area has been surveyed and the archaeologist has plotted a graph of where the artifacts are located, then he will test the site to see samples of what might be found. The layers of earth, whether it is on land or underwater, are cautiously uncovered. The digging is done very carefully so that the archaeologists can assess what level the artifacts are at. By carefully examining each level, they will then decide whether there are different civilizations on top of each other, or if the earth’s shifting that has changed the placement of the artifacts. The archaeologist will make painstaking notes of where everything was found during this and every step. These notes serve as guides for future archaeological digs as well as markers of progress within the current project.

The excavation process begins next. To excavate literally means “to hollow out.” The “cav” part of the word “excavate” is related to our word “cave.”  When someone excavates, it is like taking items out of a cave. When an archaeologist excavates something, the actual artifacts and relics are taken out of the ground or ocean. This, again, is more than just yanking pieces out of the earth. The archaeologists must make exact notes of where everything is found. These notes are important because their placement helps to tell the story of why the pieces were located where they were and will help to give clues on the stories behind the artifacts themselves. The ways in which the artifacts lie form a context, which helps everyone involved to analyze and better understand the artifacts that are uncovered. Just as one sentence taken from a story makes little sense without its surrounding context, pieces that are taken from the earth and not given consideration for where they are from make little sense by themselves.

The archaeologists use rakes and trowels to dig below the surface in a slow manner so that nothing is lost in the unearthing process. Small amounts of dirt are run through a screen so that artifacts are not lost in the shuffle; this way even the smallest artifact will not be lost in the process. They also use fine brushes to wipe away the dirt to ensure that the items are not broken during the excavation process. It might take an archaeologist a week to excavate a five-foot by five-foot space. That is how slowly they work making notes on the context and taking the artifacts out of the ground!

Once the context is documented, the artifacts then need to be analyzed. They will be removed from the site for others to look at and research further. The person analyzing the artifact will consider and research many things about the artifact. The research will seek to answer questions like: “What is it made of? Where did the material come from? How was it made? What was its purpose? Is it rare or common?”). By looking through other people’s discoveries and comparing them with this excavation, more knowledge and history can be pieced together. Dating the piece is also an important part of the process. This is when the researchers and archaeologists will try to determine how old the artifact is. If the artifact is found to be older or younger than what the original hypothesis for the excavation area is, then the whole focus changes. On the other hand, the dating for the artifact can confirm the entire excavation and archaeologist’s goals. 

Dating an artifact can be very easy or very difficult. For example, coins often have a ruler’s face or even a date on them. This makes the process easier. Of course you might have a penny in your pocket from 1950, but that does not mean that this is when you were living, so the researcher will still have to research further to determine the time frame of the coin in relation to the excavation as a whole. Most other times, the artifact does not have a date stamped on it, so the archaeologist must again refer to other texts to date the pieces properly.

The last step that the archaeologist will take is to preserve the artifact. Preservation includes washing the artifact, removing the dust, or gluing broken pieces back together.  Sometimes the preservation can occur with simply brushing dust off of the object (like Howard Carter did when looking at the objects in King Tut’s burial chamber) or it might include special chemicals that will not ruin the object but actually restore it. This is why the analysis sub-step is so important. If someone misguesses what an object is composed of, that piece could be lost forever.

Archaeology is comprised of many steps, ranging from designing a goal to actually preserving the artifact. All of these steps are important as each step builds upon the others so that the final result is an artifact that all can learn from. The science of archaeology is an important part of every culture worldwide. Archaeologists help cultures and civilizations learn more about themselves as they learn about the people who were there previously. This discipline helps people to understand how people as a whole, and a civilization individually, have developed to where they are now. It is only through learning where we have come from that we can progress any further.

Traces illustrating arts fighting, dancing and hunting, dating from the period between 4000 and 1000 BC. Are more than just pictures, according to researchers at Cambridge University and St Poelten Austrian Institute.

“Of course not moving pictures, but they created similar sequences of animation, which meant not only a show for eye and ear but these rocks are placed in locations with special resonance and strong echoes. This is why, engravings Stone not only still images, but “pictures” which they wrote a story the viewer’s mind, about the same as with cinema today, “said Frederick Baker, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

“Cinema” often depict ancient battles, dances and episodes of hunting, but never shows rarely portray scenes of death and women. Researchers will try to recreate these “movies” through computer technology to determine the succession of images and moving them as a cartoon. The project is developed in Valcamonica, northern Italian region of Lombardy, where is the highest concentration of these designs – about 100,000.

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Culture they say is the way of life of a particular set of people, clan, tribe, ethnic group and language. This is to say that culture defines a group of people with common goal. And ethnic group may have some disparities in language but what matters is that they have a common language. Taking a country like Nigeria as a case study, one can find out that, she is a country that is made up of many nations. How do I mean, what I am saying is that, Nigeria is made up of 350 tribes and 402 language. These were people who were already progressing in their artifacts such that, these things were been marketed heavily in the western world where there is value for culture and monuments. The British colony came to the West Africa after the Berlin conference which led to the Nigeria being part of the countries that fell into the British colonial administration. The British did not consider all these qualities that attribute to the creation of a nation state. This is what many authorities in the field saw and said that the state Nigeria was a wrong creation, hence the problem they are facing. If clan, ethnic group, language and regions are taking into consideration, there will be an almost perfect country, one with a low crime rate, and a rapid increase in economy. This is to say that people who speak same language, one ethnic group, and one tribe have high possibility of having a much more stable economy, because they will work with one spirit, same speed and one goal believing that united will stand and divided will fall. Imagine countries like England, Germany, Holland, France, etc will continue to enjoy stable economy because they have common goal propelled by one language, and culture. Now I think if Nigeria should divide to different countries at most three. The issue of being regional minded instead of being nationally minded will stop. The only time such country can develop is when they work in unity and one goal. Good luck   

    South of Egypt rose a wealthy and mighty African empire, with a bustling trade center brimming with precious goods, camels and merchants from surrounding Africa and Southern Asia. Kush was a major African trading kingdom, founded in modern-day northern Sudan in 3000 BC.,  which conquered Ancient Egypt and Nubia, flourished as a new and diverse culture, yet remained predominantly Egyptian in culture.
    Kush was perfectly situated for close cultural contact with both Nubia and Egypt. Founded in the third flood plain of the Nile, the nation grew and expanded to include the land between the second and fifth cataracts of the Nile. This location played a key role in the development of this prosperous nation.     
    This mighty kingdom was originally founded by Nubian rulers for the purpose of extending their somewhat Egyptian culture. However, they lost the control of the colony to Egypt, who ruled it for 1,500 years afterward. A new Kushite way of life emerged when Kush seceded from Egypt and experienced a period of independent prosperity between 1500 and 1700 BC. when Egypt was dominated by Asian nomads.
    The new nation of Kush soon reached its highest point of splendour during the two centuries that Egypt was dominated by the Hyksos- warlike Asian nomads. Africa and the rest of the ancient world watched as the Kushites flourished as intelligent, dark skinned farmers, merchants, miners, and builders. However, the period of independent development ended abruptly, when the Hyksos were driven from Egypt by the powerful New Kingdom kings, and Kush was again conquered and forced under Egyptian rule.
    Merchants found the capital city, Kerma, to be an important trading center for goods from southern Africa proceeding northward. Kush developed strong trading ties with both Nubia and Egypt, trading commodities such as ivory, ebony, gold, animal hides, and incense for grains.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Egyptian merchants highly valued certain items from this nation. The first of these was  gold, deposits of which were in great abundance in Kush. Another is carnelian, a prized stone which was used in the manufacture of arrowheads and jewellery. Slaves were one of the top traded “goods”, as they served as needed soldiers and servants of the pharaoh. This trade with Egypt continued until the eventual diminish of the Kushite empire in the 300’s AD.
    Kush regained its independence when the New Kingdom of Egypt crumbled in 1000 BC. By conquering all of Nubia, the nation once again rose as a major kingdom. This conquest yielded the prodigal gold mines of Upper Nubia. The Kushite people gained and utilised foreign knowledge of farming and construction, which greatly developed their culture. Kush blossomed into a center of learning and cultural diffusion   
    Kushite culture and society, although considerably influenced by other cultures, remained chiefly Egyptian. All Kushite art and architecture reflected an Egyptian model. For example,  Kushite artists drew humans in the traditional Egyptian way of twisting the different portions of the body so that some parts face forward and others sideways. The Kushites also built pyramids as burial chambers but these were much smaller and steeper than the Egyptian models.
    The Kushite people primarily led an Egyptian lifestyle. The government, which was also Egyptian in model, ruled well and gained wealth for the nation. The Kushites, who thought themselves the proper inheritors of the pharaoh titles, assumed them all. Kings were elected from the royal family and descent depended on the mother’s family line. This system eventually generated a string of female monarchs. This variance was seen in no other major civilisation, only the Kushite culture.
    Religion was another aspect of life in which the Kushites modelled the ancient Egyptians as they accepted Egyptian ways of worship. They worshipped Egyptian gods such as Amon, Isis, Ra, Horus and Atum. Amon, the supreme god of the Egyptians, was exalted by the Kushites and temples were built in his honour. They also derived a few new regional gods from other existing African civilisations.
    Kushite rulers were good leaders an generals. They were strong, influential and ambitious, very much like the Egyptian pharaohs. One of the greatest kings and generals of Kush was the famous King Piye who led a mighty invasion of Thebes in 730 BC. The campaign was very successful as the Kushites infiltrated the Egyptian security and were ironically now in control of the very kingdom that had ruled it for so many centuries of the past.
    The Kushite dynasty was called the Ethiopian or 25th dynasty of Egypt. The Kushites brought no distinctive change to Egyptian culture because they were so much like the conquered people. The Kushite pharaohs had their names inscribed on temples just as the Egyptians had. The Kushites were driven out of Egypt in 670 BC. when the Assyrians invaded. They withdrew to Nubia, and never again returned to Egypt.
    Kush, like all other civilisations, had its periods of prosperity, expansion, and decline. When the first few powerful kings died and their more emasculate sons and daughters came to the throne, they gradually lost control of the nation, as a result of poor governance. Kush suffered during this period and accordingly, it leaned toward an abrupt crumble.
    The fate of Kush was determined when brutal nomads invaded the country. Under the weak leaders they were not driven out by any authority, as attackers raided villages and stole entire flocks of animals quite freely. The empire continued to decline steadily due to this catastrophe because of this factor. Eventually, during in the AD. 300’s, the kingdom had totally collapsed.
    Kush, the strong, dominant, ancient trading nation of northern Sudan, which conquered others more advanced than itself, traded more abundantly than most, was more culturally diverse than all, and was more advanced than its neighbors, has had its glorious era. This great kingdom was modelled after the ancient Egyptian society to a great extent, and existed as the home of many highly skilled artisans and labourers. This powerful nation, whose might and splendour dwindled to an unfortunate end, truly left its lasting impression on the continent of Africa. The influence and fragments of Kushite culture can still be seen today in the artifacts located in large, Sudanese museums.

An archaeologists job is very important because if there were no archaeologists, then we wouldn’t know anything about our past, where we came from, or human history. Another reason why archaeologists are important is that when they find ancient artifacts and put them in the museum, then we get to see how thing like 4000, or maybe 2000 years ago looked like, and how different they were from how they are now.

Finding a site to explore takes a lot of time, work, and planning. Archaeologists think about what people need to stay alive. Some of those things include access to clean drinking water, a protected place to live, and easy access to trade routes. With this in mind it should come to no surprise to learn that archaeologists look for remains of civilizations along rivers, and streams. Archaeologists have explored around the world, basically everyplace on Earth, trying to unravel mysteries about our past!

An archaeologists job can be dangerous, and it can also be safe. It all depends, digging in a third world country where there is civil war, yes it’s very dangerous because you could easily fall seriously ill because water is not drinkable, and all the sanitary installations are lacking and there are all sorts of dangerous tropical diseases you might contract. Digging in a first nations site north of Toronto, barely half and hour from your home, no it’s not dangerous because it’s much easier. Weather it’s from the point of view of infectious diseases, or modern hospitals, and medical facilities.

If I could explore anywhere in the world, then I would go exploring in India because my parents are from there, so I’ll know exactly where to start my excavations. That’s why I chose India, rather than an unfamiliar country that I’ve never been to before! I hope my paragraph brought the majority of your questions related to archaeology, archaeologists, and excavations, to rest!

Behistun Rock

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Cuneiform writings, the form of writings of the Sumerians, were discovered in a small village in Behistun. It was called Behistun Rock. According to historians, the said writings were ordered by King Darius the Great for everybody to see the punishment for people who rebel against him so that others will not follow. It was written in the language of Old Persians, Elamite and Babylonian. The Behistun Rock in Persian language was discovered by the Italian Pietro della Valle and was deciphered by the English, Henry Creawicke Rawlinson in 1846. It became the basis of succeeding scholars in reading the two other languages written on it.

Rosetta Stone

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Rosetta Stone was instrumental in advancing modern understanding of hieroglyphic writing. Hieroglyphic writings left by the Egyptians were puzzles to modern scholars because no one knows how to read them. But in 1798, a piece of stone was found by a leader of the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte in Rosetta, near the Nile Delta area. Three kinds of writings were engraved on it- hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek. The text of the Rosetta Stone is a decree from Ptolemy V, a Greek who reigned in Egypt in 196 BCE, describing the repealing of various taxes and instructions to erect statues in temples.

It was deciphered by a French scholar named Jean Francois Champollion. He started researching by reading Greek writings, a language he already knew. He based here what was written on the Rosetta stone, and through this, he was able to successfully read hieroglyphics.

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One of the greatest finds with great historical and Biblical significant is the Dead Sea Scrolls. It consist more or less 1,000 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible., These scrolls were discovered between 1947 and 1979 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran, on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea) in the West bank. The texts are of great religious and historical significance, as they include practically the only known surviving copies of Biblical documents made before 100 AD, and preserve evidence of considerable diversity of belief and practice within late Second Temple Judaism. They are written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, mostly on parchment, but with some written on papyrus.

These archeological finds are three of the most important findings that have provided mankind a better knowledge and understanding of the past. Lots of things about the past could have remained mystery if these things were not discovered.

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The George Washington Foundation, reports that the dig has uncovered thousands of pieces of artifacts. Some of them being, pieces of ceramic plates and bowls, toothbrush handles, pottery bits and hair rods or rollers, used for the stately wigs worn during that time.

The archaeologists are naturally very excited with their find, they have been searching for the spot, for seven years, and now they have hit gold, so to speak. They are still looking in the area for the families’ dairy house and the smoke house. They feel that many of our first president’s attributes and more of his roots, are buried, throughout the landscape of the property. They were able to locate the place where the fireplace stood in the home.

They are certain that this find will help them, fill in many of the holes in Washington’s life and history. So they continue to dig on the site, so far they have not had any luck locating the hatchet, that Washington allegedly used, to chop down that infamous cherry tree. But they are still looking, and finding many historical links to the past, this is truly a big, big dig, and of monumental importance to historians everywhere.

People are confused as to what to do and what not to do with man-made materials in order to preserve the earth. “We can use this material to “do this” and we can dispose of it “this way”; oh, but “no we can’t because….” Some companies say that it’s okay to do something; another company will contradict the information. It’s rather frustrating.

In stepping aside from the melee of the mainstream flow of “Going Green”, I’ve come across a rather refreshing look at a true “Go Green” company. Yes, they believe in the preservation of Earth’s resources. Is this a new thing to them? Have they had to re-evaluate the way they do business in order to “Go Green”? The answer to both of these questions is “no”.

Step back to a simpler time of hand-made goods; things that were created out of Earth’s natural resources to withstand the test of time. Not the man-made products of plastic or various other concoctions of today. No need to worry about any disposal of the product as it belongs in the Earth to begin with.

The product that I’m talking about is stone. I’ve come across a company named “Hand Carved Treasures”. This company creates beautiful designs, hand-carved in stone. Some of their artwork includes garden stones, memorial stones, address stones, stone jewelry and so on. They offer their own designs, but the beauty of their business is that they will also make your requested designs.

I’ve had a lot of fun perusing their
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On a slightly negative note, however, as they have just started making their designs available via the Internet, I would say that their site could be a little more user-friendly. On more positive notes, they are very open and responsive in their communication; they will work their hardest with any request you may have, and last but not least, their products are genuine quality.

“Go Green”. How much more “Green” can this endeavor be? Taking Earth’s natural resources and creating beautiful items that will last a lifetime. Look at most of the artifacts that we so value today. Most are made of stone or carved into stone and they’ve been around long enough to tell us the story of our past.

Hand Carved Treasures is doing the same today. Perhaps some of their designs will be unearthed one of these days and tell the future population what life was like “back then”.