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Question about how I misidentified pottery shards for years
I was digging at a site near Santa Fe for 3 seasons and kept labeling these grayish pieces as plain utility ware. Finally had a ceramics specialist visit last month who pointed out the faint mica flecks that I'd been missing entirely. Turns out they were from a trade network I'd never even considered because I was rinsing them too aggressively before inspecting them in good light. Anyone else realize they were skipping a basic step and missing the real story?
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terrywilson24d ago
Realized last year I was skipping stabilization photos cause the dirt didnt look glamorous.
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Oh man, did you at least save a few of the dirty ones to re-check? Nothing like realizing you were basically speed-running archaeology for years.
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