JUNE 9, 2007

From: Scott Beld
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 8:32 PM
To: Oxbow Archaeologists
Subject: Sias East - June 9, 2007

Hi Oxbow Archaeologists,

We made it out to the site on Saturday and had a nice day excavating. Nik, Kevin, Greg, Diana, and I made it out (see Map).

In the morning we worked on the trench testing the east boundary of the 110 West Block. We finished the 20-25 cm level of unit 1S-102W and excavated 0-25 cm in unit 1S-103W. We only found flakes, bone fragments and F.C.R. During the morning we saw an eagle flying up and down the river a couple times.

In the afternoon, Greg, Diana, and I excavated the 30-35 cm levels of units 2S-107W, 2S-108W, and 3S-107W. Only flakes and bone fragments were recovered. We noted to areas of burned sediment – one along the east wall of unit 2S-107W and the other in the southwest corner of unit 3S-107W. I finished the afternoon by excavating the 0-20 cm level of unit 1S-104W and only found flakes and a few bone fragments.

Last Wednesday with the assistance of Chris, Phil, and Dennis – we narrowed down where the Naugle site datum point is likely to be. This Wednesday afternoon I’ll try make an effort to actually locate it – it is probably about 50 feet north of the wigwam (I’ve attached a photo of the wigwam – looking west-southwest – see Naugle Site - June 6, 2007).

This Wednesday I think we’ll probably start to do flotation samples and wash 1/8” screen bags. Next Saturday we’ll plan on excavating at Sias East.

Hope to see you at the site.

Scott

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Scott G. Beld, Ph.D.
Research Laboratory Specialist - Intermediate
The University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
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Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079
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