JULY 5, 2008

From: Scott Beld
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 1:16 PM
To: Oxbow Archaeologists
Subject: Sias East - July 5, 2008

Hi Oxbow Archaeologists,

Marianne, Becky, and I made it out to the site yesterday and had a good day excavating (see the map below).

In the morning we excavated the 35-40 cm level of 1N-100W and began 1N-99W (0-20 cm). We only recovered flakes, bone fragments and some fire-cracked rock.

In the afternoon, I excavated the 40-45 cm level of units 0S-100W, 0S-101W, and 1N-101W. There were numerous flakes and bone fragments, particularly in 0S-100W and 0S-101W. There was also an area of burned silt (orange) in the southeast quarter of 0S-100W.

No diagnostic artifacts were recovered this week. The upper level of 1N-99W did contain a lot of 20th century trash.

This week we will be working at the Resource Building on Wednesday evening. If the weather is nice I’d like to get the waterscreening and flotation going. Next Saturday we will 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
1109 Geddes Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079
Phone: 734-764-0489 (UMMP Main Office)
734-763-9253 (My Office)
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Email: sbeld@umich.edu
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