First Day at Glunk Site

Today was our first day of digging at the Glunk Site, 36LY0345, an American Indian site. It was cool and sunny today and we were able to start three new excavation units: EU16, EU17, and EU18. I dug in EU 17 with Elizabeth Jensen. Today's goal was to try and dig through our first level which we called at ten inches down. This first ten inches was a historic level that was composed of a clay matrix that was difficult to dig through and sift. We started off using a shovel to clear out this level but we also employed trowels (it was easier with the shovels though). In screening the dirt from the South West Quad I found mainly historic artifacts like brick pieces, glass, nails, and lots of stones.

By the time we had closed we had managed to excavate three quads in EU18 to the bottom of our first level,  three quads in EU17 to the bottom of our first level, and all four quads in EU16 to the bottom of the first level (10 inches). In EU17 (my pit) we have found no real significant artifacts, while we found a pitted hammer stone at the bottom of EU16.