You're right:) I was just bored and mad that one of my hound dogs dug a
pretty large feature in my backyard in my absence.. However, I will point
out that virtually all the historic burial features I have seen over the
years that date from the early 1800s up to about the middle of the twentieth
century are buried in a Judeo-Christian pattern even when purposefully
buried in a north to south orientation (Catholic, and very mean spirited).
This burial pattern shifts considerably during the last half to quarter of
the 20th and now people may be buried in all sorts of positions although
certainly the traditional pattern remains the norm in the southern US if one
chooses traditional burial over cremation, etc.  Old habits die hard? Some
kind of Enlightenment Period at the end of the 20th resulting in new-fangled
alternatives for faith and religion such as Science? Or, for the convenience
of cemetery companies?

During excavations around the masonry Fort Negley reconstruction built by
the WPA in FDR's days in Nashville, Tennessee, we recovered inordinate
amounts of marbles, BB's, ball bearings, .22, .25, 9mm, and other caliber
shell casings, and other projectiles in association with broken glass, etc.
in the upper levels.  Very urban innercity area.  Probably all those crazy
little anarchists (kids) through the century skipping school, sneaking out,
throwing rocks, shooting bottles, breaking bottles, wilding, etc?

Just ranting:)

dan



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "McKee, Larry (Nashville,TN-US)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Influence of kids and religion on archaeological sites


> Y'all need to go sit in the shade awhile with a big glass of ice water.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Dan Allen
> Sent: Wed 8/8/2007 6:26 PM
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> Subject: Re: Influence of kids and religion on archaeological sites
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> Alternately, just the other day I saw a kid who flipped his hat to the
back
> and he called it a lid.  You know what else he did?  He stacked books from
> the floor to the ceiling.  Said something about trying to get to Heaven.
He
> was only eleven but he climbed to the top with outstretched arms and he
> screamed at the top of his lungs.  Move out my way.   Give up the mic!  X
to
> me means extremely Christ.  Living within me like it or not, put an X on
my
> chest cause X marks the spot!
>
> We're living in extreme days...and it's amazing how much of it is not
> recognized or expressed in the archaeological record.
>
> dan allen
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dermot Murphy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:35 PM
> Subject: Influence of kids and religion on archaeological sites
>
>
> > In the 1970s I attended a small Catholic elementary school.  One day at
> recess, a "hyperactive" first grader named James sat in the school's front
> yard furiously digging a hole with one of the tablespoons we usually used
in
> our sandbox.  His digging was clearly motivated by anger and he was
> muttering something about Satan.  A few of us stood around watching James'
> work and laughing at his odd behavior.  By the time the hole was at least
a
> foot and a half (approx. 46 cm...sorry) deep, Sister Ann, our stern
> principal, got wind of what was happening and confronted James.
> >   "James, what are you doing?" she shouted.
> >   "I'm digging a hole to Hell so that I can kill Satan!" he insisted,
> returning to his task.
> >   After a brief struggle she carried him under one thick, solid arm,
back
> into the school.
> >   He kicked and protested in vain about how he had to kill Satan.  His
> shouts were soon muffled as the school's front door closed behind them.
> James' parents were called.
> >   By the next morning, the hole had been filled.
> >   Though she might not have realized it, the zeal exhibited by James was
> the direct result of Sister Ann's own fervent piety.  (She once told a few
> of us 2nd graders that the name of the rock band KISS was actually an
> acronym for "Kids In Service of Satan"--a warning that backfired, leading
me
> to question, first, her own honesty and authority, followed by a slippery
> slope of a doubt in the "Miracle of Transubstantiation", the Virgin Birth,
> and eventually leading to my embrace of agnosticism.  OK, more of a
settling
> for than an embrace).
> >   Anyway, it seemed that Sister Ann, on that day at least, cared more
for
> the lawn than for battling the forces of Evil.
> >   My point is that when you uncover a feature, you may never really
know.
> It could've been an entrance to Hell.
> >   Dermot Murphy
> >
> >
> >
> >
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