haq, 10 months ago

Two tiny worked Mesolithic flints, probably used as barbs on spears. The smallest, which I found yesterday while litterpicking, is 11x6mm. Apart from me, you're the first people to see the one on the left for over 8,000 years.

#lithics #Mesolithic #archaeology #larking #litterpicking

haq, 10 months ago

Sunset seen while out litterpicking yesterday evening.

#sunset #clouds #larking #litterpicking

haq, 10 months ago

Found three treasures while litterpicking, including another Mesolithic worked flint - 7 from the same area so far (2 x blades and 2 x points/barbs were notably close finds). This one is the same grey flint, and it's been worked as a core, but only about a third remains because it broke from intense heating. Archaeologists sometimes record these heated flints as "potboilers" but I'm not convinced that applies to this artifact. It seems to be part of a core with usable flint that was put beyond use either intentionally or in a natural wildfire. I was already beginning to wonder if a tool - spear/harpoon - was mislaid and I've been finding some of the pieces. Now I'm wondering if a campsite was lost or even a human life: landslip, wildfire, hunting accident? Impossible to know but I can't help speculating.

#archaeology #Mesolithic #lithics #larking #litterpicking

wolfeh, 1 year ago

Day #11 of cleaning up litter along my #Commute route.

Another 18 days has passed since my last cleanup.

I expanded my territory again (as well as cleaning up my existing stretch of road), and managed to get another tire, a television, some siding, and three more bags of miscellaneous trash.

So far:
🛞 31 Tires
🚮 40 Bags of trash

#Litter #LitterPicking #Cleanup #Trash #DontBeATosser

Three white plastic bags of trash are on the ground beside the wheel of a red car. Three dirty, jagged pieces of beige siding sit on top. The shadow of a camera being held up to take the picture is visible in the bottom left corner.