Field Songs in Archaeology

Chaco Wash
I refuse to admit I had anything to do with this field song, which is only funny if sung while tramping cross-country anywhere in the American southwest

Ode to the Skim Shovel
Ode to the Skim Shovel is an archaeology field song, contributed by two former denizens of the shovel, Tim Meade and John Peterson

Chaco Wash
A field song about a famous site in the American southwest, Chaco Canyon, and some of the wilder explanations for its occurrence.

Ode to Thee Sweet Bucket Auger
Archaeology sometimes requires digging deep holes in river valley sediments, performed by archaeologists with a bucket auger, a screen and a pit partner. After a while, the bucket auger is all you can think of, and so, one late November day, with all the fondness and revulsion of the best kind, I wrote this poem to my rickety bucket auger.

The Origins of Agriculture Rag
Song lyrics from an old-fashioned field song about how people domesticated crops.

The Very Model of a Modern Archaeologist
A field song about how weird it is to be an archaeologist, sung to the tune of the Modern Major General from Pirates of Penzance. Of course!

Them Athabaskan Bastards
Classical music (er, well, sorta) from archaeologists of past generations on the fall of the Puebloan society, to the tune of The Wabash Cannonball.