July 2, 2002

Today's Accomplishments:

 

Continued to excavate Mound A
Bailing and uncovering units in the early morning mist atop Mound A at Shiloh, shortly after the start of the the work day.  

 

Bailing and uncovering units in the early morning mist atop Mound A at Shiloh, shortly after the start of the the work day. 
Excavation work atop Mound A. Note the safety fence to the left (east), located several feet from the edge of the mound.

 

Excavation work atop Mound A. Note the safety fence to the left (east), located several feet from the edge of the mound.

Close up of F67 in N50 and N51, E183. The feature was a long linear stain and appears to have been where logs were placed near the edge some time in the 20th century. Close up of F67 in N50 and N51, E183. The feature was a long linear stain where the mound slope breaks to the east to the drop off to the river, and appears to have been where logs were placed near the edge some time in the 20th century.
Documentation for the natural strata excavation includes photographing each profile prior to removing the fill.

 

Documentation for the natural strata excavation includes photographing each profile prior to removing the fill. In this example, in N38E179, three strata are delimited: B1 (root disturbed filling episode immediately below the A humus zone); B2 (the same filling episode, with little evidence for root disturbance); and C, a darker and distinctively different fill. Each strata is excavated separately, with starting and ending elevations recorded, and surfaces photographed upon completion.
Close up of F62, a mass of fired clay from a possible hearth, in units N48 E180-E181 on the top of Mound A. Close up of F62, a mass of fired clay from a  possible hearth, in units N48 E180-E181 on the top of Mound A.

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