JUNE 2, 2007

From: Scott Beld
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 7:06 PM
To: Oxbow Archaeologists
Subject: Sias East - June 2, 2007

Hi Oxbow Archaeologists,

We made it to the Sias East site yesterday. Marianne, Kevin, Dave, Nik, Becky, and I made it out.

We began the morning by laying out a five meter long row of units to test the eastern limit of the site (see MAP and Photo 1). In the morning, we excavated unit 1S-101W, 0-25 cm and 1S-102W, 0-20 cm. Both these units contained flakes, F.C.R. and a few bone fragments and GTP. There seemed to be less material in 1S-101W, so we may be near the edge of the site.

In the afternoon, I finished excavating unit 2S-109W to 35 cm. This unit contained Feature 3, a shallow hearth. Several flakes and bone fragments were recovered. I began excavating unit 2S-107W, 30-35 cm and got to 33 cm. There were lots of flakes and some fire reddened sand and ash along the central portion of the east side of this unit.

This week we’ll plan on working at the Resource Building on Wednesday evening. Next Saturday we’ll plan on excavating as usual.

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
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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