APRIL 19, 2008

From: Scott Beld
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:15 PM
To: Oxbow Archaeologists
Subject: 2008 field season to begin this Saturday

Hi Oxbow Archaeologists,

It’s looking like it should be fairly nice this Saturday, so we’ll plan on opening the 2008 field season at
Sias East (20MD263)!

I made it out to the site a week ago (Wed. April 16) and took a few photos (see Photo 1 and Photo 2) – everything looked fine. The river had risen and just missed overflowing the units. Last
Saturday (April 19), I went to the site and gridded out new units on the east side of the 110 West Block
(see Map). So we are ready to go.

This year we’ll start the season by excavating on the east side of the 110 West Block. During this
season we’ll try to find the boundaries of the Middle Woodland occupation, test the flood plain for
middens, as well as get datable material from the Middle Woodland occupation and further clarify the
Late Prehistoric occupation.

Hope to see you at the site this Saturday!

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)
734-763-9253 (My Office)
Fax: 734-936-1380
Email: sbeld@umich.edu
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