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Report of the Archaeology Committee It is with pleasure that I am able to submit this report to you relative to the progress to date of the Archaeological Division of the Nantucket Historical Association. After a somewhat shaky start three years ago, the Archaeological Division wound up the 1975 summer season with much in the way of ac complishment to its credit. Our "dig" at Quidnet, which was started in the spring of 1974, almost doubled its number of volunteer participants during the summer of 1975. More than eighty five enthusiastic diggers worked for periods of from one week to throughout the entire summer and a great deal was accomplished by them in the three months operation. Thanks to the volunteer survey work of Mr. George Jones, the area was laid out in squares of two meters which ran along magnetic lines bearing north and south. Miss Barbara Kranichfeld was hired to assume the duties of Dig Director and while only six squares were thoroughly excavated in 1974, twelve were similarly opened and examined in 1975. The group of amateur archaeologists found themselves uncovering an area that had been the habitation site of some Nantucket Indians who had lived here around two thousand to twenty five hundred years ago. This was a time when a change from the Late Archaic to the Woodland or Ceramic culture was taking place. Approximately thirty pertinent artifacts were uncovered leading to the conclusions drawn with reference to the cultural significance of the site. Miss Kranichfeld's report details these finds individually. For those interested in viewing some of the artifacts, they may be seen on display in the windows of the Old Town Building, facing on Union Street. Special thanks should be given to Mrs. Cynthia Young and to Mrs. Elizabeth Little, who took over the duties of Dig Director during the absence of Miss Kranichfeld while the latter was off-island. Both Mrs. Young and Mrs. Little were extremely capable and added much to the success of the undertaking. It is my hope that shortly there will emerge from this group a cadre of volunteer Nantucket residents who, through the Archaeological Division of the Nantucket Historical Association, will be available at any given time to do meaningful archaeological work on the island. Nantucket is in fact literally loaded with prehistoric Indian sites in addition to the many colonial sites which followed. The location of these areas is often ac cidentally found by hunters, contractors or people just out for a hike and many times in the past have either been lost or destroyed from an ar chaeological standpoint, through improper excavation. If the Ar-
