Tennessee: The Volunteer State

[Nick"The Noid"]

Hello, and greetings from Tennessee!!

Today, July 18, 2007, in Knoxville, TN it is very Hot!, then it rains a little, which equals humidity, YEAH! But hey, I'm inside working in my little Archaeology lab, so I'm not hurting too much.

Any hoot, if there's anybody out there from Tennessee, lets talk about our great state. I've lived in all three distinct areas of the state at some point in my life, so I know how diverse Tennessee can be, that's why we're such a great state.
Be good, Nick

[Stephanie]

Roll Tide.

[Nick"The Noid"]

stephsmith said:

Roll Tide.

Ha Ha! Around the bowl and through the hole, Roll Tide Roll. ;D

[Stephanie]

Archaeology lab? Ooo, that sounds fascinating. Tell us all about it.

[Nick"The Noid"]

stephsmith said:

Archaeology lab? Ooo, that sounds fascinating. Tell us all about it.

Okay, I'm originally from a small town in West Tennessee called Union City and moved to Knoxville in 1999. From there, I received undergraduate degrees in History and Anthropology focusing in Historical Archaeology. Historical Arch is any site after the 1492 contact that will most likely have historical documents to go with it. (Just a definition for ya). Anyways, it's taken me all over the U.S. in my younger years and even China in the summer of 2005. Now a days, I've been getting my masters and working for a Archaeological firm in Knoxville. Archaeology is great! I absolutely love it. One, I'm outside somedays and inside somedays. Two, I can wear whatever I want to work (which means a tshirt and jeans most days, yea!). Three, I can set my own hours most of the time, so if I get a little smashed the night before, I can show up a 10 the next morning. The only down side is, you really don't get paid all that much because its science. But hey, I do what I love.

Back on subject. The lab is pretty neat. I spend most of my days on the computer putting in information about artifacts, drawing maps and analyzing information about future sites. This is the more high in demand job, because most older archaeologist don't know much about the in and outs of computers. However, I do love to handle the artifacts though and hop on that any chance I can get. If you're curious about what kind of artifacts? Recently, it's been mostly Cherokee from around the Great Smokey Mtns area, and some historic artifacts from the 1920s, just prior to when the U.S. gov't (via TVA) flooded the Tennessee River Valley in the 1930s.

I hope enlightened you in what I do and if you have anymore questions I will be happy to answer them.

[Stephanie]

That sounds fantastic, especially the part about being able to set your own hours.