JUNE 10, 2006

From: Scott Beld
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 8:25 PM
To: Oxbow Archaeologists
Subject: Sias East - June 10, 2006

Hi Oxbow Archaeologists,

Dave, Nik, and I made it out to the site on Saturday.  It was a beautiful day and we opened two new units (see Map).

In the morning we opened units 1N-109W (on the north side of the block) and unit 5S-110W (on the south side of the block – to help drain rain water from the excavation).  We excavated these units to about 25 cm (i.e., the plow zone) and recovered flakes and bone fragments.

In the afternoon, I trowelled the 25-30 cm level of units 4S-111W and 4S-112W.  The usual flakes, bone fragments, F.C.R., etc. were recovered.  I also found a notched point base in 4S-111W (see Photo 1) and in unit 4S-112W a rimsherd of Vessel 1 (see Photo 2) and a utilized flake.

On Wednesday we’ll plan on working at the Resource Building.  I’d like to start washing the 1/8” screen bags and get the flotation tank set up.  We’ll plan on excavating at the site on Saturday, weather permitting.

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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