Timeline – Digging Darrow

27 Jul – National Geographic

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:00:32 +0000

Why Military Veterans Are Turning to Archaeology

National Geographic came to film our collaboration with American Veterans Archaeological Recovery!
Here’s their report on how our partnership has opened up new possibilities for American military veterans…

Announcement – Nat Geo Fest

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:19:17 +0000

WOOT! Here’s our buddy Stephen crushing it onstage at National Geographic Festival, talking about our recent dig in New York State with American Veterans Archaeological Recovery. So proud to be doing archaeology with these awesome people.

Announcement – Berkshire Eagle

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 08:00:02 +0000

We got a nice write-up from the Berkshire Eagle… including the rather bizarre quote “I like slate and I don’t know why”.

Nice write up of our Shaker dig in New York in the @BerkshireEagle 🗞#DiggingDarrow #AVAR #archaeology https://t.co/PxT0m4A93o

— DigVentures (@TheDigVenturers) June 11, 2018

Announcement – Finds Room

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:00:53 +0000

It’s in the Finds Room that you really get a chance to examine what you find. A little bit of research shows that this bottle might be a bit of Shaker contraband… it dates to the Shaker period, but long after the Millennial Laws were brought in.

Very excited to find this bottle 🍻 Gimlich & White Brewery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Dates to 1882-1891… same period that the Shakers occupied the site! #DiggingDarrow pic.twitter.com/5YjvhY6k5T

— DigVentures (@TheDigVenturers) June 5, 2018

Announcement – Finds Room Annie

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 10:00:32 +0000

With the dig coming to an end, we’re shifting our efforts into the Finds Room, where Annie is bringing plenty of positive energy to the game!

Finds Room boogie #archaeology #motivation #diggingdarrow pic.twitter.com/TLdCfjMgXc

— DigVentures (@TheDigVenturers) June 4, 2018

Announcement – Into the woods

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 15:52:25 +0000

Today we’re heading into the woods to survey the Shaker cemetery abutting the grounds of Darrow School. We’re going to have to look for clues VERY carefully, because the Shakers went back and removed all the headstones, leaving behind just a few broken stubs of stone…

To make sure we don’t miss anything, we’re walking in formation…

Announcement – Wild and deadly

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 15:00:08 +0000

Does that say wild and deadly?! We wonder what was stored in that jar…

Spent two weeks in New York looking for evidence that (contrary to popular opinion) the Shakers were neither plain, nor simple. Think we might finally have nailed it #DiggingDarrow pic.twitter.com/GCcYQFkpew

— maiya🏺 (@muckymaiya) June 8, 2018

Announcement – Trusty leader and GPS

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 12:00:07 +0000

The survey team is being lead by Stephen – an ex airforce engineer, and AVAR founder.

Everything we find will be recorded using GPS, and the final map will eventually be available for you to see here!

Announcement – Measuring up

Maiya Pina-Dacier — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 11:00:12 +0000

Starting to measure up the size of the ruin so we can map and plan it for the official record.

Measuring up the wall of the ruin #DiggingDarrow pic.twitter.com/BOZv3pWC4j

— DigVentures (@TheDigVenturers) June 3, 2018