May 1st 2014
Glunk site 36LY0345 weather: muddy, damp,
cool, overcast
Time: 9AM-4PM
EU 18
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| here is a picture of me excavating the surface layer of soil in the SW quadrant (before i switched to the trowel) |
NE Quadrant
Dig: me sift:
Emily
0-14in: artifacts: -glass shards (historic)
-limestone chunks and fragments (historic)
-brick fragments (historic)
-various stones (indt.)
Feature
notes: - at 14 inches, the soil changes to a yellow-orange sand matrix with
streaks of black charcoal in it (signs of s fire pit?)
-I
originally started off with the shovel, but then (after some thought) switched
to the trowel and used it as a scrapper so I could more easily discern soil features
NW Quadrant
Dig: Emily sift:
Sam
0-10in: artifact notes: -iron nails
(historic)
-limestone fragments (historic)
-pottery shards (prehistoric)
-chert flakes (prehistoric)
-brick fragments (historic)
-various stones (indt.)
Feature
notes: -while digging, Emily came across a rather large limestone stone, which
was removed after being documented
-in
between sifting, I aided in the removal of roots in the pit with the clippers
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| Here is another picture of me excavating the SW quadrant with the rest of the team in the background |
