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Kennesaw 7-2007
Four CARHA members returned to Kennesaw on July 7 & 8 for more trail work.
Kevin, Mark, James and Wayne
Jessica, SEAC Archaeologist and the Project Manager, talks with the Park Historian, W.R. while he tells us we are on our own as he has other work to do with a tour group. Bummer! W.R. is a lot of fun to work with as he knows so much about the Park.
Christina and Haley, also with SEAC, prepare to "flag & bag" the items we find.
In the first area, Wayne dug a nice brass under plug for a cannon ball.
Not the greatest merging job but the under plug was screwed into the cannon ball and then the fuse screwed in on top of it. The under plug was smaller and made of brass (CS) or iron (US) so it was stronger than the softer fuse material.
In another area, Mark found a canteen spout complete with the shoulder part that attached to the canteen.
James dug this pocket watch with a name scratched on the glass face. It was made by the Columbus Watch Co, between 1894 and 1903.
He really doesn't like digging "modern" stuff - anything after the Civil War - but he really liked the watch.
James dug the socket portion of a bayonet.
Here is one of MANY friction primers that were found.
Mark found the side from a 3-inch Parrott shell.
Jessica put up with us and then helped us until late (9:30pm) on Sunday so we could see and photo some of the finds. Thank you so much!
July 15 & 16 saw us back at Kennesaw.
Philip (L) and Dale joined Mark and Kevin on this trip.
Dale, Kevin, Mark and Philip.
None got as dirty as Dale did though. Dale loves to get "into" what he is doing and when that comes to digging, well, he tries to get into the hole with the artifacts!
We saw two trees with the cool bugs on them. When you bumped the tree, they all wiggled to make it look like they were part of the tree.
Mark found this "lady" as he dug a target, a Black Widow spider! She was left guarding her little bit of turf, maybe she can help stop illegal relic hunting by "putting a bite on the criminal."
A fired bullet that Kevin dug, looked like a little critter the way it got mashed up.
We found this odd fungus growing along the area that the trail will encompass. I have no clue as to what it is but it looked neat.
From a fungus to a large tree, the Park has much natural beauty as well as history.
This marker, now in the middle of nowhere, will be near a turn in the trail if they are approved as they are laid out.
Jessica takes advantage of a log to rest her legs. I am not sure what the GPS unit weighs that she hauled each day but I do know it is fairly heavy. The trails that we were surveying were mapped out as being about 8 miles in total length. With the fact that Jessica was every where, from the left side of the sweep to the right side and then off checking to make sure we were heading in the right direction, she easily covered twice the mapped distance. Then she would burn up the trail as she walked out at the end of the day.
At the end of the second day, Mark walked was in the lead as we walked out. Hayley soon left us behind as well. Jessica could have smoked us all but she took it easy on us and chatted with Philip on the way out. It was all I could do to suck in enough air without talking. Christina had the shortest legs of the bunch but she was moving on out as this hike was the last of the 11 days they had spent working at Kennesaw.
OK, so there has to be a little fun. Christina acted like she was going to grab Mark by the tail and I don't think he ever knew about it. She should have pinched him to see him jump!
Once again, we also located areas that folks have been sneaking and hunting. That type activity makes us all look bad and needs to be stopped. Please everyone but especially diggers, report any illegal digging promptly to help protect the hobby that we all love.
Below is the law as it relates to this:
Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979
AS AMENDED
16 U.S.C. 470
Section 6
(a) No person may excavate, remove, damage, or otherwise
alter or deface or attempt to excavate, remove, damage,
or otherwise alter or deface any archaeological resource
located on public lands or Indian lands unless such activity
is pursuant to a permit issued under section 4 of this Act,
a permit referred to in section 4(h)(2) of this Act, or the
exemption contained in section 4(g)(1) of this Act.
(b) No person may sell, purchase, exchange, transport,
receive, or offer to sell, purchase, or exchange any archaeological
resource if such resource was excavated or removed
from public lands or Indian lands in violation of—
(1) the prohibition contained in subsection (a) of this section,
or
(2) any provision, rule, regulation, ordinance, or permit
in effect under any other provision of Federal law.
16 U.S.C. 470ee(c),
Trafficking in illegal
interstate or foreign
commerce in archaeological
resources:
State or local law
(c) No person may sell, purchase, exchange, transport,
receive, or offer to sell, purchase, or exchange, in interstate
of foreign commerce, any archaeological resource excavated,
removed, sold, purchased, exchanged, transported,
or received in violation of any provision, rule, regulation,
ordinance, or permit in effect under State or local law.
d) Any person who knowingly violates, or counsels, procures,
solicits, or employs any other person to violate, any
prohibition contained in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this
section shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than
$10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both:
Provided, however, That if the commercial or archaeological
value of the archaeological resources involved and the
cost of restoration and repair of such resources exceeds
the sum of $500, such person shall be fined not more than
$20,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. In
the case of a second or subsequent such violation upon conviction
such person shall be fined not more than $100,000,
or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
