Summer Dig 2016
While summer may not "officially" start for a couple more days, it has been here in south Arkansas for a while. We've embarked on another hectic summer schedule, with our work weeks punctuated by explorations of regional culture...The picture above and below are from a local festival held in Magnolia, Arkansas, featuring a steak cook-off (and, obviously, a car show, as the gorgeous Plymouth GTX pictured above shows): Our big event early in the summer is the Arkansas Archeological Society's annual training program. For most of the past decade, Bragg Family South has joined dozens of other archeology enthusiasts and professional archeologists for days of digging...Well, all is not digging--we have a blast camping with a great bunch of people! Below is a picture of the camping area, hosted by Parkin Archeological State Park in eastern Arkansas: Over the years, we have become close friends with many of these people, and made new friends constantly. They...