JULY 1, 2006

From: Scott Beld
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:53 PM
To: Oxbow Archaeologists
Subject: Sias East - July 1, 2006

Hi Oxbow Archaeologists,

Nik and I made it out to the site on Saturday and continued excavating the 107W row of the 110 West Block (see Map). In the morning we excavated the 20-25 cm level of unit 2S-107W and the 0-20 cm level of unit 3S-107W (both plow zone). Nik found a nice hafted endscraper in 3S-107W (see Photo 1). In the afternoon, I excavated the 20-25 cm level of unit 3S-107W (bottom of the plow zone). In the last bucket of dirt, I found several fragments of a clay elbow pipe (prehistoric, probably Late Woodland – see Photo 2). It looks like there is a feature starting to appear in the southeast corner at 25 cm. I also trowelled the 25-30 cm level of 2S-107W and found numerous flakes and bone fragments.

On Wednesday we did lab work and had a meeting. CNC is going to have a birthday party on August 5 and we’ve been asked to participate in the festivities. We’ll be putting together displays focusing on the “history of archaeology” at CNC.

This Saturday we’ll plan on working at the site. It looks like it should be nice weather!

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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