JULY 16, 2005

From: Scott Beld
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005
To: Oxbow Archaeologists
Subject: Riverbank Testing - July 16, 2005

Hi Oxbow Archaeologists,

Just a quick note – we didn’t find much this weekend. Marianne and I continued excavating the 60 West test trench yesterday. We took the deep units (60West, 60W-South, and 60W-South2) deeper – generally from 120 cm to 150 cm. We didn’t find any cultural material – just snail shell and pebbles. At 150 cm I encountered the sand layer that was above the deepest A-horizon in the 85 west trench.

In the afternoon I started shooting in a base line for a grid. Next Saturday we’ll probably start a small excavation at 45 west and go through the second A-horizon. We’ll also try to finish excavating the 60 West trench. On Wednesday we’ll plan on doing lab work at the Resource Building.

Hope to see you at the site.

Scott

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Scott G. Beld, Ph.D.
Research Associate II
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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