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Archaeology Tool Upgrade
Airchaeology is a line of tool upgrades for commonly used archeological tools such as trowels, pickaxes, knives among others!
A lightweight air pump that attached to a belt buckle provides a steady stream of air to the attachment.
Attachments come in a variety of shape and sizes. They are 3D printed to allow for maximum versatility regardless of the shape and size of the tool.
Additional resources outside of 3D printed parts include:
- Air Pump - Battery Powered
- Silicone Tube - 1m/~3ft
- Straps - Velcro, Hook & Loop, other
Expert Involvement
Our team has reached out to a number of archeologists and experts in the field to get feedback on our device.
Barbara Tejada - Supervisor Cultural Resources Program for California State Parks
John Rick - Associate Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University
Christopher Witmore - Professor in Archaeology and Classics at Texas Tech University
Patrick Hunt - National Geographic Explorer
Barbara Tejada
Barbara Tejada is the Cultural Resources Program Manager for the Angeles District of California State Parks. In this role, Barbara oversees historic structures and landscapes, museum collections, archaeological resources, and collections, and acts as the district tribal liaison.
John Rick
John Rick’s research focuses on prehistoric archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers and initial hierarchical societies, stone tool analysis and digital methodologies, Latin America, Southwestern U.S.
Christopher Witmore
Christopher Witmore the President’s Excellence in Research Professor of Archaeology and Classics in the Department of Classics & Modern Languages & Literatures at Texas Tech University. He is known for blending in-depth engagements alongside archaeological objects with longstanding and pressing questions of human and nonhuman existence. He has published 7 books and has written many journal articles and book chapters.
Patrick Hunt
Patrick Hunt is an alpine and montane archaeologist involved in documenting history through geoarchaeology as well as written texts. He specializes in provenance, dating and weathering as well as archaeoethnobotany and lichenometry and related sciences. Hunt received a National Geographic Society grant in 2007, which funded his Hannibal studies in the Alps, Italy, Spain, France, Tunisia, Turkey and around the Mediterranean.