NOVEMBER 13, 2004

From: Beld, Scott
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004
To: Oxbow Archaeologists
Subject: Ponton Site - November 13, 2004

Hi Oxbow Archaeologists,

We made it out to the site yesterday. It was a nice sunny autumn day. Marianne, John O., Kevin and I made it out and excavated one unit (see Map - November 13, 2004 and Photo 1).

525R498. This was the last unit of the 2004 season! The usual brick fragments, flat glass, nails, earthenware, F.C.R. and flakes were recovered. Decorated earthenware consisted of Light Blue and Red Transfer and Handpainted (see Photo 2). Feature 3 covers the entire floor of this unit. The bottom part of this unit was quiet wet so we decided not to try and excavate any more units. We’ll return to this area next summer and continue to expose Feature 3.

John and I went back to the RB and did some lab work in the afternoon.

We’ll be meeting at the Resource Building on both Wednesday evening and Saturday morning now. We’ve had a good field season. Our winter lecture series will start on January 19 with my update on this year’s excavations. Hope to see you in the lab!

Scott

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Scott G. Beld
Research Associate II
The University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
1109 Geddes Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079
Phone: 734-764-0489 (UMMP Main Office)
734-763-9253 (My Office)
Fax: 734-936-1380
Email: sbeld@umich.edu
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