May 2, 2014
-the day began with the team working at college fr about 1/2 hour taking inventory of some artifacts we had found
-we then went to the Glunk site
Glunk Site 36LY0345
weather: overcast, chilly, but no rain
time: 9AM-3:30PM
EU 18 SW Quadrant Level 2: 10-24in.
dig: me sift: Emily
artifact notes: -stones (various) (indt.)
- chert debitage (prehistoric)
-iron nails (historic)
-red okre (prehistoric)
-limestone (historic)
-brick fragments (historic)
feature notes: -due to the fact that the main features of Level 2 were stains in the soil.
- I did not use the shovel, and instead used the trowel as a scarper, and a brush for cleaning the delicate features
-In this level, the soil changes into an orange-yellow sand matrix
-the presence of both historic and prehistoric artifacts in the matrix shows that this suffered a historic era contamination
-as before, there were a large amount of roots, which required the use of clippers
-in order to not go down too far in one quadrant, we stopped at 24in down. Emily then took the SE Quadrant down to 24in.
SE Quadrant Level 2 10-24in down
dig : Emily dig: me
artifact notes: -plastic (historic)
-stones (various) (indt.)
-charcoal (indt.)
-glass shards (historic)
-wood in-situ (indt.)
-limestone fragments (historic)
-brick fragments (historic)
-chert debitage (prehistoric)
-iron nails (historic)
feature notes: -again, the soil changes to a yellow-orange sand matrix
-the presence of both historic and prehistoric artifacts leads me to the hypothesis that this pre-historic layer was dug into the historical era
-several features were found in this level
-this shows evidence of a possible Native American fire pit
-the red brown stain is thought to be soil stained with animal fat from cooking, it also had small fragments of wood in-situ
-the charcoal matrix is more evidence of a fire pit
-samples of the wood and charcoal were taken in case more testing could be done
-Emily used the scrapper- brush technique I did, with the same tools.
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-the day began with the team working at college fr about 1/2 hour taking inventory of some artifacts we had found
-we then went to the Glunk site
Glunk Site 36LY0345
weather: overcast, chilly, but no rain
time: 9AM-3:30PM
EU 18 SW Quadrant Level 2: 10-24in.
dig: me sift: Emily
artifact notes: -stones (various) (indt.)
- chert debitage (prehistoric)
-iron nails (historic)
-red okre (prehistoric)
-limestone (historic)
-brick fragments (historic)
feature notes: -due to the fact that the main features of Level 2 were stains in the soil.
- I did not use the shovel, and instead used the trowel as a scarper, and a brush for cleaning the delicate features
-In this level, the soil changes into an orange-yellow sand matrix
-the presence of both historic and prehistoric artifacts in the matrix shows that this suffered a historic era contamination
-as before, there were a large amount of roots, which required the use of clippers
-in order to not go down too far in one quadrant, we stopped at 24in down. Emily then took the SE Quadrant down to 24in.
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| Me digging the SW Quadrant |
dig : Emily dig: me
artifact notes: -plastic (historic)
-stones (various) (indt.)
-charcoal (indt.)
-glass shards (historic)
-wood in-situ (indt.)
-limestone fragments (historic)
-brick fragments (historic)
-chert debitage (prehistoric)
-iron nails (historic)
feature notes: -again, the soil changes to a yellow-orange sand matrix
-the presence of both historic and prehistoric artifacts leads me to the hypothesis that this pre-historic layer was dug into the historical era
-several features were found in this level
-this shows evidence of a possible Native American fire pit
-the red brown stain is thought to be soil stained with animal fat from cooking, it also had small fragments of wood in-situ
-the charcoal matrix is more evidence of a fire pit
-samples of the wood and charcoal were taken in case more testing could be done
-Emily used the scrapper- brush technique I did, with the same tools.
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| here is a drawing of the SE Quadrant Level 2 |
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| Here is a drawing of the SW Quadrant Level 2 |
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