AUGUST 9 and 16, 2008

From: Scott Beld
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 7:32 PM
To: Oxbow Archaeologists
Subject: Sias East - August 9 and 16, 2008

Hi Oxbow Archaeologists,

This is the update for the last two weeks.

Marianne, Nik, Kevin, Becky and I made it out to the site two weeks ago on August 9. We excavated the 35-40 cm level of units 1N-98W and 1N-99W (see Map - August 9, 2008). We recovered some flakes, bone fragments, pottery and fire-cracked rock in these units.

Last week (August 16), Nik, Becky, Brian, Greg, and I excavated at the site. We excavated the 35-45 cm levels of units 0S-98W and 0S-99W (see Map - August 16, 2008). In addition to the usual flake, bone fragments, GTP and fire-cracked rock, we found a small pottery concentration in 0S-99W measuring about 20 cm in diameter. The vessel is probably Middle Woodland with a smooth surface and large exterior punctuates that raise rather large bosses on the interior (see Photo 1 and Photo 2). More importantly, about the three of the rimsherds and several of the bodysherds had charred material on the interior surface. I scraped this off on Wednesday and there should be enough to get a C-14 date and have compositional analysis done!

Tomorrow, we’ll try to excavate though they are talking about rain. If it rains, I’ll be at the Resource Building.

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
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