May 7th,2014
Today I finished digging in the NE quad to level it with the north and south west quads. All 3 quads are now sitting at an even 27 inches. While digging the NE quad I uncovered much more charcoal, and that greasy brown/black staining. I also continued to find historic artifacts like glass and nails. There must have been a trash or barrow pit where the people here burned their trash. Sam and I mapped out the stain and charcoal patterns. There was also another stain that was a rust color about 28 inches down and 3 inches deep. It was a rather interesting feature. Later, after lunch Sam dug in the SE quad to even out the level from the feature we bisected yesterday. Nothing of interest was uncovered while evening out the SE quad. Sam then continued to do a wall clean up in the SE quad. We only cleaned up the Southern wall because we are getting ready to break down the walls, or balks between each pit.
Today I finished digging in the NE quad to level it with the north and south west quads. All 3 quads are now sitting at an even 27 inches. While digging the NE quad I uncovered much more charcoal, and that greasy brown/black staining. I also continued to find historic artifacts like glass and nails. There must have been a trash or barrow pit where the people here burned their trash. Sam and I mapped out the stain and charcoal patterns. There was also another stain that was a rust color about 28 inches down and 3 inches deep. It was a rather interesting feature. Later, after lunch Sam dug in the SE quad to even out the level from the feature we bisected yesterday. Nothing of interest was uncovered while evening out the SE quad. Sam then continued to do a wall clean up in the SE quad. We only cleaned up the Southern wall because we are getting ready to break down the walls, or balks between each pit.
