Even More Glunk Digging

May 8, 2014
36LY0345 Glunk Site
weather: sunny, humid, wet
time: 12:30PM-6PM

EU 18
-We began the day by building a small dike to prevent water from getting into our square

SW Quadrant 24-33in. (Level 3)
dig: Emily       sift: me

artifact notes: -brick fragments (historic)
-iron nails and pieces (historic)
-glass shards- window pane late 1800s (historic)
-limestone fragments (historic)
-worked stones (prehistoric)
-chert flakes (prehistoric)

feature notes: -new stain theory #1: -the stain is evidence of a limestone kiln.
A)-evidenced by fire cracked rocks and large amount of limestone
B)- the iron pieces could be evidence of tools
C) although- there are no by-products of a limestone kiln

Here is a drawing of the SW Quadrant
 27-33in in EU 18

NW Quadrant 27-33in

digger: me         sifter: Emily

artifact notes: - brick fragments (historic)

-rocks (indt.)

-glass shards- window pane late 1800s (historic)

-pottery fragments (prehistoric)

feature notes: -stain theory #2:

A) collapses chimney- accounts for fire cracked rocks as well as the large sandstone, limestone, and bricks

B) the stain itself is due to some type of seepage (oil?)- need chemical analysis to be sure

-stain theory #3: Borrow/Trash Pit::

A)- people threw things in the pit in the late 1800s- glass nails, bricks etc.

B)- stain  comes from something thrown in the pit (container of oil?)

Here is a drawing of the NW Quadrant
 from 27-33in.

NE Quadrant 27-33in.

digger:me      sifter: Emily

artifact notes: -iron pieces (historic)

--small stones (indt.)

-brick fragments (historic)

-quartzite stones (indt.)

-chert debitage (prehistoric)

feature notes:- roughly the same stain and charcoal patterns as before in other quadrants

Here is a drawing of the NE Quadrant
 27-33in down

Wall cleanup: I cleaned up the NW and SW Quadrant walls using the trowel as a scrapper

Emily began on the SE Quadrant wall cleanup, but we did not finish today.