Cheap, strong geodesic domes draped with parachute silk, like the one at right, are the favored Hog Farm architectural motif. Here its citizens assemble for a town meeting en plein air. The Hog Farm, maybe the grooviest hippe kibbutz in existence, sits surrounded by a stupendous mountain landscape in Southern California. At New Buffalo part of the excavation involved unearthing stories from the community of New Buffalo around Taos, about the stuff found. Two of the more well-known examples of this form of archaeology puts it into perspective: one involved a "dig" in a Ford Transit van the other involved the study of a somebody's living room mantel. You get folks from a certain generation to tell stories by looking at older stuff. She explained how her métier, like ballet, is an activity you "do." And particularly in regards to archeology of the contemporary past, what you're really doing, according to Danis is a form of social practice art (appropriately she also participates in a site specific performance collective called Alamo LAbs). Playing off the two A's in archaeology it spelled out ARCHAEOLOGY AS ART. In her presentation she focused on stories and speculations around unearthed condoms, birth control pills, and lotion for the treatment the "hippie bug" - scabies.ĭanis also shared a slide picturing an acrostic. Danis' area of study on the dig was medical waste. They did however find a potsherd with the word "love" inscribed in it. It was also the inspiration for the commune represented in the film "Easy Rider." According to Danis, the artifact they all secretly hoped to find was a stale dirt-laden joint. That commune was relatively well known for its "goin' native" take on the back-to-the-earth movement. The dig, directed by Kaet Heupel of Columbia University, is on the lands of New Buffalo. Danis discussed hippie trash, literally stuff she and her peers had dug up from a late 60s early 1970s midden, collapsed pit house, and hippie-teepee on a commune site in Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico (just north of Taos). Last week, Machine Project hosted a presentation by twenty-something archaeologist Annie Danis one in a series of talks she's coordinating about archeology from the contemporary past. | Photo: Julian Wasser, Caption: Peter Schjeldahl. Spread from Avante Garde issue 5, page 45, 1968. ***LoeschWare cares about children and respects your privacy.Founding Father Hugh Romney, 32, who in his capacity of Commissioner of Talk speaks for the whole hog, frolics with the commune's Prime Minister, Pigasis. ++Please enjoy our other educational apps for children:ĬONTACT US: Email us for any questions or technical concerns. Authentic animal voices enlighten children to the sounds of nature.
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