James Green

I'm literally overwhelmed with new followers. I hope you will find my varied posts entertaining, educational, informative & cats. Whoops! Seriously, thank you for following me. I'm always open to questions.

Sunset in Southeast Louisiana. #sunsets

Belt buckle my dad made in the 1970s with a Hayes (ca. 900-1200 CE) I found as a child & an Alba (ca. 800-1200 CE) his uncle gave him. #archaeology

Patch kitty hug. #cats

Triple moon.

Ancient code. #programing #computers #coding

A shady nap. #cats

Smal containers of brown, gray, white & red clay "paint" for decorating pottery & a tiny unfired painted eyeball. #ceramics

Possible remnant Late Pleistocene Prairie Terrace Complex soils, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. #soils #geology

Amite River at LA 10, East Feliciana-St. Helena Parish line. The tan on the sandbar is Pleistocene & Pliocene gravel. Many gravel pits in the area. #rivers #geology #scenic

Modern #flintknapped clear glass projectile points. #archaeology

Large flake of slightly heat-treated Florida chert, Site 8HI473, Hillsborough Co., FL. #archaeology

Aloe plant in bloom. #botany #flowers

Patch kitty on his perch where he will sleep all night. #cats

Eroding Pleistocene soils in roadcut, Pliestocene Upland Complex, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. #soils #geology

It'l Bit & her pillow. #cats

Digital elevation model from LiDAR data of the dissected uplands north of Kincaid Lake, IL.

Evans point (ca. 3400-3000 BCE) made of black chert, private collection, northeast Louisiana. #archaeology

Carl Drexler, Arkansas Archaeological Survey, giving a paper on a Caddo site (3SV29) during an archaeological conference in late March, 2026. #archaeology

Bald cypress trees, Henderson Lake, Atchafalaya Basin, LA. # nature #lakes

What'd ya mean move? Ya weren't using it! #cats

So...yellow. #flowers

Mary Beth Trubitt, Arkansas Archaeological Survey, giving a paper on Caddo pottery in Arkansas. #archaeology

Henderson Swamp Lake, Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana. #lakes #scenic

Neches River point, north Louisiana private gollection. The type possibly dates ca. 6000-3500 BCE. #archaeology

Patch, time to get up. Patch? #cats

Sibley Lake, Natchitoches, Louisiana, named after John Sibley, longtime US Indian Agent (1805-1815) to the Caddo & other regional tribes. #history

Atchafalaya River, south Louisiana. #Rivers

Carl Drexler, Arkansas Archaeological Survey, presenting a paper on a Caddo saltworks site in Arkansas. #archaeology

@hknorton.bsky.social Talked to Rachael at the conference. She said she called the Conservancy & told them their announcement had the wrong name of the new LA State Archaeologist. The woman was agast...but they still haven't corrected it.

Bleached white human tooth in parking lot. What?!?

Conan giving a presentation on investigation of the 1st location of LSU at Pineville, LA. #archaeology

My #ceramics in the silent auction. #archaeology

@graveyardarch.bsky.social Thought you'd like.

The Caddo culture ca. 900-1400 Crockett Curvilinear Incised reproduction bowl. Grog, fired clay, fine sand & bone temper. #ceramics #archaeology

Meh #sunset in Southeast Louisiana.

Fascinating world of #glass: Glass vessels from the 16th and early 17th century, found in a latrine in Ulm. Latrines were commonly used for waste disposal. 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social 🏺 #archaeology

Purple, yellow & white bearded irises. #Spring #flowers

Pathetic. It's been decades since I dealt with Base 2. Asked Copilot last night "What is 8 converted to Base 2?" It told me "To convert Base 8 to Base 2..." Rephrased question to "What is Base 10 number 8 in Base 2?" Its answer was 10. Hexadecimal 8 to Base 2 = 1000, not 10.

Just another reminder about medieval castles originally not looking as bare, cold, grey and bland as they look in most films, tv shows and games:

My reproduction of the bear pipe recovered from the Early Marksville (ca. 0-200 CE) Crooks Site in LaSalle Parish, LA, will also be auctioned at the conference. #ceramics #archaeology

One of my reproductions that will be auctioned off at the upcoming archaeological conference. #ceramics #archaeology

Belated #Caturday #cats