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Ain't I a Woman? That man over there say a woman needs to be helped into a carriage and lifted over ditches and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helped me into carriages  or over mud puddles or gives me the best place... And ain't I a woman? Look at me Look at my arm? I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns and no man could hear me... And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man -  when I could get to it - and bear the lash as well and ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children and seen most all sent into slavery and when I cried out a mother's grief none but Jesus heard me... And ain't I a woman? that little man in black there say a woman can't have as much rights as a man cause Christ wasn't a woman Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with him! If the first woman God ever made was strong enou...

This is the first post that will hopefully be followed by a few more by of archaeologist expert- Polly Thompson. Polly has previously written ' Funeral Rites - Viking Burial ' for us, and as that proved to be rather popular here w e are with some more. We hope you enjoy! ~ Mae and Esther Introduction: Our knowledge of history is gathered from many different sources. For instance: written records recorded events and oral traditions, embedded in the names of places and people. Our knowledge of prehistory, before written records are gained, come from visible remains such as cave art, portable objects, stone tools and of course fossils.  The work of an archaeologist is to uncover the palimpsest of human activity. To work over varying periods of time to investigate areas where humans have left visible tangible signs of their activities in the landscape. This work is important through all historic ages. You work as part of a team to record data from all aspects of an ...