Final Clean Up

The transition out of the field is almost complete.  Today, I hope to finish the last of the basic washing of the remaining artifacts we recovered.  Here's an exciting shot of sherds (yes, that is how you spell it) and sundry rocks (likely nothing) drying in the bright July sun on the porch of the Christine Morrison House (side note: my department recently moved buildings on campus and as far as space goes, we've experienced a significant downgrade.  However, the porch is a nice consolation prize).

Science!!!

Once the cleaning is done, I, and hopefully some students in the fall, will begin analysis to get a fuller sense of the dating and functions of the artifacts.  After that's complete, we'll be in a much better position to say what was really going on at the site.