April 13, 2014
New Berlin site weather: windy, warm, sunny
Time: 10:30AM-5:30PM
TSP #5 N400 521 35.611
W0760 591 06.911
Digger: me sifter: Emily
0-10cm: Due to the fact that right below
the grass level, I hit a concrete base (as we suspected we would), I could not
use the shovel, instead, I used the trowel and brush due to the concrete base
taking up most of the test pit- even when the pit was extended 30cm to the
East. The soil contained eggshell pottery fragments, cement lumps and brick
(full bricks and small fragments).
Observations: TSP #5 might mark a gate in
the iron fence (based on the spacing between the cement bases).
Sadly, a failure to secure the tent safely
resulted in the tent blowing up into the air and hitting a telephone pole-
which knocked a wire over our test pit- which promptly ended that area of excavation.
While we relocated to the other side of the
site, Professor Van Auken, asked me to accompany her to a local church and take
some notes on various objects and pictures- including a model of the old
church, its old stove, a cane made out of wood from the church, drawings of the
old church, and a drawing of the founder of the old church.
After we returned to the site, test pits
were set up to look for the other three corners of the 34X38ft. church based on
the corner from STP #1
STP# 8 N 400 521 35.711 W 0760 591 06.711
Digger: me sifter:
Professor Van Auken
0-10cm: This soil was rather loose, so all
that was needed was a shovel. The soil included fragments and shards of
eggshell & red ware, Bakelite and/or coal fragments and small stones, but
no features.
10-20cm: The soil again turns into a sterile
clay layer, where a trowel was used due to the density of the clay and the need
to straighten the walls of the test pit. No features were found, which means we
need to modify our concept of the layout of the old church.
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| Here is a picture of the layout of TSP #8: |
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| and here is a picture of the layout of TSP #5 |
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| and here is a picture of TSP# 5: |
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| Here is a picture of the founder of the original church: |
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| and here is a picture of the stove from the original church: |
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| here is a picture of a cane made from the wood of the original church: |
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| and here is a model of the original church made from the wood of the original church: |
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| Here is a picture of TSP #8 |
