Can
you identify what's in this photo?
Each Wednesday morning
on Camp Lutherlyn's Facebook page
the Lutherlyn Environmental
Education Program posts a photo.
Readers
have all morning and afternoon
to
make their best guess about what the photo is.
Around
6 pm LEEP provides the answer and a brief explanation.
Each
week's What is it Wednesday post
will
also be posted on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog,
after it is posted on Facebook,
sometimes
with additional bonus information.
In
addition to bringing you current editions of What is it Wednesday
on the
Nature of Lutherlyn blog,
we
will be reposting old editions,
creating
a What is it Wednesday archive.
This
photo was posted as a What is it Wednesday on
March 7, 2017.
And
the answer is....
These are old nails, artifacts found at Lutherlyn’s
archaeology site by students in 2017.
Near the historic Venango trail on the
west end of Lutherlyn is a pioneer homestead site from the 1800’s that has been
an active archaeology site since 1999. The majority of the digging at the site
is done by students and campers, and they have found thousands of artifacts
there over the years, from nails like these ones to pieces of ceramic and
glass, buttons, silverware, arrowheads, and much more. A What is it Wednesday from October 2019 featured a glass tonic bottle found at this archaeology site.
Every artifact found here is kept and cataloged with a code
indicating what it is and when and where it was found. Ever wonder what the
LEEP staff does during the “off season”? Some days we catalog artifacts!
Students and adults have opportunities to dig at the
archaeology site during summer camp in Life in the Wild, Salmagundi, and Family
Camp, and during Camp Blast, school field trips, and Saturday Safaris. Check
out our website for more info on when you can visit the archaeology site! http://lutherlyn.com
Like and follow Camp Lutherlyn on
Facebook, to see What is it Wednesday posts when
they come out and have the opportunity to share your guesses in the comments!
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