NOVEMBER 10, 2007

From: Scott Beld
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 6:31 PM
To: Oxbow Archaeologists
Subject: Sias East - November 10, 2007

Hi Oxbow Archaeologists,

Becky, Nik, Kevin, Conrad and I made it out to the site yesterday and had a good day excavating. We worked on excavating the 35-40 cm level of units in the 110 West Block (see Map). We recovered numerous flakes and bone fragments. In the afternoon, we noted burned soil and ash in the southwest corner of unit 3S-107W. We opened unit 4S-107W in order to further investigate this feature – thus unit had not been opened previously because of a nearby tree. We recovered another bifacially worked scraper in the 20-25 cm level (see Photo 1) – this is the second one we have found this year. Another one was recovered on September 29 in unit 1S-100W (see SEPTEMBER 29, 2007).

This week we will be at the Resource Building on Wednesday evening. Next Saturday we will try to excavate again if the weather permits – I’ll send a note later in the week about that.

Scott

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Scott G. Beld, Ph.D.
Research Laboratory Specialist - Intermediate
The University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
1109 Geddes Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079
Phone: 734-764-0489 (UMMP Main Office)
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Email: sbeld@umich.edu
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