Great Smoky Mountains National Park Podcasts & Blog » Smokemont http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog Enjoy the Smokies Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains Association! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:38:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Cool Digs http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/cool-digs/ http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/cool-digs/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:17:58 +0000 admin http://www.thegreatsmokymountains.org/blog/?p=28 I used to dream about discovering Incan gold when I was a little kid… and then I took an archaeology class during high school and realized there was NO WAY I had the patience to slowly scrape dirt away and meticulously record where it came from. In six weeks of excavating, I also found nothing, and suffered from a lot of poison ivy.

But filming archaeologists is pretty fun, and they seem to enjoy what they’re doing… especially when they’re actually finding interesting Cherokee artifacts! Click the photo below to hear about the major dig site of the summer!
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