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As a crafty attempt to enter into the 21st century, I have set up the new spot for keeping up with my travels as an archaeologist…The Vagabond. This blog is intended to let interested parties know what I am up to and the new adventures I have stumbled into. I have also set up a Flickr account tied to this blog, which will be full of photos from my new camera.
The blog will be an mixture of what interests me, and will no doubt reflect some of my intellectual heritage in such media as music, movies, philosophy, social theory, art and most especially literature. I will approach this as I do most things, from a scientific, philosophic and historic viewpoint. Sounds boring huh? Well I am told I am a halfway decent writer, so I will try and make this lively…
This first section will follow my travels through Mexico as I undertake my research for my PhD dissertation. I am a bit nervous, and not as nearly as excited as I should be, yet as soon as I begin packing I know the traveler’s itch will set in. Unfortunately, the adventure bug has laid dormant in me for a few years, so it will be fun to shed my American sensibilities and see the world through new eyes again.
I will be staying in the little city of Patzcuaro, in the Mexican state of Michoacan (check it out on Google Earth, there is actually really nice coverage!) We will be doing full-coverage survey over a very large and crucial area in the Patzcuaro Lake Basin. In layman’s terms, this means a shit-ton of walking. But I am looking forward to wandering through the country-side, and see this as a modern day, albeit Mexican version of the Canterbury Tales…a pilgrimage in the name of enlightenment, all in homage to the one thing all grad students strive for…the complete dissertation.
So, what follows are tales from an archaeologist, setting out on the path…
And blame not me if you do choose amiss.
The miller was a churl, you well know this;
So was the reeve, and many another more,
And ribaldry they told from plenteous store.
Be then advised, and hold me free from blame;
Men should not be too serious at a game.
-Chaucer, excerpt from The Miller’s Tale, Canterbury Tales
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