Trowel-Tales

Description: It's true. My tea choices and bodily autonomy are none of the government's business.

Description: A fun take on the Bayeux Tapestry. The tapestry depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

Description: Archaeologists essentially study old trash, making them the raccoons or trash pandas of science.

Description: Clovis spear points were created at least 13,000 years ago!

Description: Not all who wander are lost, not even those surveying archaeologists.

Description: Archaeology written/drawn with fun Gothic lettering and flourishes.

Description: Humorous take on the work of archaeologists.

Description: Are you a fan of pottery sherds?

Description: Have you been bitten by the archaeology bug?

Description: A colorful version of the prehistoric Venus of Willendorf, a figurine carved 25,000-30,000 years ago.

Description: A watercolor version of the prehistoric Venus of Willendorf figurine, which was carved almost 30,000 years ago.

Description: A humorous take on the characteristics of a ceramic jar/pottery with music lyrics.

Description: Flint knapping, or the process of making stone tools, through a fight between a core and hammerstone.

Description: Shatter is the byproduct from the flint knapping process. And, shatter is sad that it can't be used for anything.

Description: The major legislation guiding archaeology in the United States drawn with fun fonts. The laws are the National Historic Preservation Act, Archaeological Resources Protection Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Description: What lasts longer, love or stone tools? Shown with a Clovis style projectile point.

Description: Three illustrated medieval Lewis Chess pieces. Time to party!

Description: A super groovy rendering of three projectile points.

Description: A groovy depiction of a desert side notched projectile point.

Description: Ready for knap time?! The design shows a Folsom and a Clovis spear point.

Description: Do you love cultural resources management law AND vintage style lettering? Then this extremely niche design is for you! Section 106 guides a lot of how archaeologists perform their jobs, which is part of the National Historic Preservation Act. Good stuff.

Description: A close-up of a fragment of a historic carving at Cologne Cathedral, Germany.

Description: An incredible old (Medieval?) lock I observed on a door in Bern, Switzerland.

Description: An enhanced photograph of a mosaic from Kourion, Cyprus

Description: Three different kinds of projectile points, a Clovis, Folsom, and Elko.

Description: A joke quote from a terrible philosopher.

Description: A fancy D20 die.

Description: A truly exhausted core (so tired!). So, a joke on a type of core that has been completely used up during the flint knapping process.

Description: A watercolor projectile point/arrowhead.

Description: The pride flag within a projectile point.

Description: The LGBTQA pride flag within a 20 sided die.

Description: A rendering of one of the Medieval Lewis chess pieces.

Description: A joke based on Oldowan stone tools and "I have an old one."

Description: A Clovis and a Folsom projectile point comparing flute size.

Description: Ready to do some flint knapping? It's knap time!

Description: A humorous take on what the characteristics of a flake are.