Utah Statewide Archaeological Society Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 2, June 1960 by Utah Historical Society

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UTAH ARCHAEOLOGY is published quarterly by the UTAH STATEWIDE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Subscription is included in membership. Membership in the ,society is available from the secretary-treasurer at $2.00 per year. Correspondence concerning me activities of the society should be directed to the president. All manuscripts and news items should be sent to the editor: Lloyd Pierson, Arches National Monument, Moab, Utwh.

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UTAH STATEWIDE ARC}!AEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Pres~dent:

Merrill Peterson, 651 Canyon'Road, Logan, utah. V1cePresident: John L. Crbss, 860 South 10th East, Orem, utah. Secretary Treasurer: Marian Pierson, Box 98, Moab, Utah. Advisor: Dr. Jesse D. 'J ennings, Universit:y- of utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. EDITORS NOTES Some 40 members turned out for the first biennial meeting of the Utah Statewide Archaeological Society held at the ~thropology Department of the University of Utah. The past o..fficers were reelected and John i. Cross of Orem was elected as Vice President. Mr. Cross is the Assistant Scout Executive, Utah National Parks Counc~, Boy Scouts of America and a worthy addition to our roster of officers~ I feel that this first meeting was a fine .success and this seems to be the view held by all those who attended the meeting, heard the eight papers which were given, and attended the congenial luncheon in the Student Union, Building. Particular thanks are due to the arrangement committee, Miss Dee Ann Suhm and Mr. David Pendergast of the University ' of Utah; Mssrs. Kent ,L. Brady ,and Calvin P. Gaddis of Salt Lake City. . James H. Gunnerson was given a token of our esteem by being made an honorary lifeti!'le member for his past effqrts, in fo ~9.ine; th~, ~ocie.ty., Several of the -papers given at ' the meeting will appear in the Newsletter. Reports' were heard from the three lo~al chapters of the society. The Ogden Chapter' is still in the process of organization under the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. F.K. Hassel, 906 Rancho, Ogden. ' The Moab Chapter has recently been combined with a rock group and renamed, Points and Pebbles, with Les Erbes, Presiqent; Jack West, Vice President; and Mrs. Elsie MU6sleman, Secretar,y Treasurer. The ,Cache Chapter is called the Cache Geological and J..rchaeological Society with Lester Lowe, Franklin, Idaho, as President; Roy Sorenson, Preston, Idaho, Vice President; and Wayne Geary, 332 No. 2nd East, Logan, Utah as Secretary. At the University of Utah, Dr. Jennings will give up the head of the Department of Anthropology and Dr. Charles E. Dibble will assume that position. Dr. Jennings will be on leave teaching at Northwestern this fall. Dee ~"'...."l Sur.m, W}lO has headed the Glen Carj~ron Salvage Archaeology Project Laboratory, w~l leave this month to become Curator of Anthropology at the Texas Memorial Museum. David M. Pendergast succeeds James Gunnerson as Curator of the Museum of Anthropology. William D. Lipe, archaeologist on the Glen Canyon Project, will meave at the end of this summer to return to Yale. He will be replaced by Floyd Sharrock. Page ' 2.

This summer the University of Utah will again carry on excavations in the Glen Canyon area. William Lipe will head a party excavating in Lake and Moqui Canyons on the left bank of the Colorado River. This vall be a back pack expedition. The group will hike from the base camps at the canyon heads down into the canyons for the excavation of the various ruins found in them. , Dr. Robert Lister, of the University of Colorado, will head anothe,r group which will excavate for the Glen Canyon Project in the vicinity of the triangle formed by the Colorado and San Juan Rivers. ' The ' UniVersity of California, Los Angeles, will again h.Pld a field school in archa:eol~gy this sunnner i~ ' ~outhwestern Utah. , The group 'to1ill be based at' 't he College of s'9uth¢rn Utah in C~d~~: Pity. ,' . Excav~tions'; '~~ill be dah·ied on a~, ,sit,~~ ' near Summit. a,nc::i,' Paragonah ',' from June 20: to July: ~9~ ' "If you ' are ' in the vicinity of Cedar City this S\D1llTler you might , , 9.h.e~k ~ o see i f the excava1;. J«?n.~ _ al?e opeR ·:!;.o visitors.> Most , archae'9logi'S'f,s are congenial to . yi~~tors i f ,:they ask first and 'then milia I th'Ehi: I'digtb manners which '!TISanS not cliJJiQ~ ing do~m into the ' excavatl.ons, not handling any of the material unless invited to, and not walking on walls or so close to the excavations that one caves the bank in.-, At Natural Bridges Na:tional ~om.iment, :P~iliP ~ob1:~r.j a graduate student from the Un~v~~sity of Arizona, Will ,be ~ngaged in an ' archaeological', "SUrvey of ,tl1e ,niom;rrn,e nt. '" " :.

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Another item of ': rhtere'kt tomemberi USAS is the' anpual Pe'co's Conference of Southwestern Archaeology. This year it will be held in Flagstaff, Arizona at the ~useum of Northern Arizona on August 26 ,and '2,7 . " fi:~ld tr;!.p ;'tp': Gle,n Canyon is ' I?~heduled for Aug. 28. This ~ i,~ : !-:hEl . y'e!7;rly~, g,e~ '.~o,g,ether of professional and amateur archaeol~gists wh~re tne ' suwm~rs findings and various ' . "e 1"" problems are' discus~ed" ana:,'p:re$l?nted, and where old Cl1ld new contacts among those iriterested iri.' Southwestern archaeology are made. You would 'enjoy Flagstaff (its cool), the Museum of Northern Arizona, and the meetings. J

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New Publications:' William Y~ and Nettie K. Adams, 90 Years of Glen Canyon Archaeology,o Museum of N9rthe~n Arizona, Glen Canyon Series No.2, 1960. 'A histo~ of the: archaeologipal research. , 1958 Excavations, Glen Canyon AJ'ea, by' William 'b~' Lipe. University of Utah Anthropological Pap~rs No. 44 (1960), 241 pp. 70 figs., paper bound, $3.50? Excavations . ~ the lower part .9f the reservoir : area and at the mouth of R 'eci C~yon ) hear Hite. A- wide time span ', . and much interesting dry cave material. " The Hubbard Site and Other Tri-w91l structures in New Mexico and Colorado, qy R. Gordon Vivian. National Park Service Archaeolo~ical Research Series No.5, Government Printing Office, Washington, (1959), 92 pp., 64 figs., paper bound, $1.00. structures from the Four Corners area of Pueblo origin. A little ,kno~!,type of building. Page 3.

1.160 of intere.st to members of USAS is American Antiquity, the quarterly publication of the Society for American Archaeology. The magaztne is included in the yearly membership dues of $8.00, and members~~p':'is open 'to '~anybne inte~ested' in \~rchJ;l.eoJ.<lgy. '"frI,"" Write to the jS ecretary, Dbo, Joe Ben Wheat, Unive:r~i~y ~£" Colo;r'ado, Boulder, Cqt,orado : for ' d.etails. This is the natd.,Q~·::;w,ide ' ~oc.ie·ty for profe_Sls(ion.~s .p.nd amateurs. American 1--ntiqu:i;ty· cq:l)l.tains ·articles . on the a:rdha:~{01.9~ df ·b'qth Americas and ·from' all,. angl:Ells,. Occasional memo ir~ ' ,a~,e. ~'en'1{ ou t 'b:f:;o' members gratis . For t 1:e. late:;t 1 ha:ppenil,1gs i.;' in arch~~61pgy .i n o'tner p~ts of the -Americas this is .:~a· must for. all concerh'ed with archaeologY', " e ·s p:e cially. .;the s~r.ious: ?-mateur. . i:" ~r: . ·. !""tf' l . . ' .1 ~ '1:./"( Next. 1,l?SJl.~ we would. I ike :j:.o tell you of some of the archaeological ' .' societi~~__ pur neighborfrig state's and the. publ:iJqart~:Qn~, t.l:l~ :' -T"""'!I~-- . Pl;t(~(Q1llt). ' ~ iM:~y':,~dJr1~:h~ Iiia't,leW an.q o1?'!fJlliVe1iggl;~b.~~M~ ;l.i"er~r<~ .... rf:,Yf.~~~~~~.'. Utah toP. JO'iJ.' 3'H~ 'm·o·l ·· '3':')~ij:}.u'd8 ~00.df:! t brwo.c.r . ';rl)ql:;'C~ ';f~~lCI J~ (... get '~' . : " ' j' " ,.... j .f.·i· '. A · .. f!. .,,..i., ,I.(,,' ·"\l I·[t.. ,,... ~~" . ~ .~v....',..~ .E:':t:' ··'Ml · (:JD",l; f"',:',,:. \ . I [ \;·.I .j· · .r"r ~ . ';. .- o:'rot:) \: · 01""! L ~ • ~.. . " .' f .~ " '" :-:, ' ;' This is~)ies 'petrdglypli ~1.s ·.from ·the Talus Ruin in .Glen . . ,CanJ1lon, ., .; '~""'" excavated iri.195B by ' \I\TUI'iam D. Lipe and crew. The original . is, . ':: four fe~t ltiigh and ·i :Lncised. in ; the ~ru%'1ndstone Icl:i:'ff face.:' ::-';:: j";;.i.. Do you' h~~e ~':~ravd~i't~ pidtogr~ph1 i! If ' so, send ij; })tQ' YO·\lr;":. :' ;:J: ~ ': : ', editor (an : ~c6ura~e sketch ' It.klT·ca.6~' .l f6r PQssible . use ;on :the iI'lr, ."::'.: cover. Indicate 'size, location,~~ cd~ot' and any,'.other intormat:.i.~lJl · • I>: ' you deem important. I , '. "'.:": .,c' ;: .,:': " -;''' _ ,.,j

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known to many of" 'you through your "~Sl.ts to the c;t~.en':~Q~YQPt ,I': ..•.. : ..~ . , Salvage Archaeology Laboratory at, the (,University of .U'!i.§ll1. : ',,-, r.., .. ' Needless to say, Dee Ann probably knows more about the scientific handling and ca:taI.9guiilg of a-r:chaeologicalmateria:;L ~Aan any ri one else in, ut~~, ·s~ ~~6se' ~~yo~~ho have or are . ~~~g. cP'~I~~FiQ~~ can lear71 ' m~~~ ~'~~Ol~. ,he~' [{l'cia. 1v:ri~.iings • . ' . , "1:'. ,.;:j .;:~I '''-i '.: h . '~

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The second a't-t:f''c1E{ ·i~; ·'bY",ou.:f. l'l.ew ·V ice President; J aIm .L. Cross. ~ c • In : ~ ~ ..h~., ~e:p!~: ~of i$<:!in~':0:t ~t~e .ma:terial fQ: un~ at,. tJ1e· iP!PF. v$;~p.~:t;. '.: /,,' .: ~,:(; Camp l.r, :Payson Ccil1yon·; CamP' Ma]5!1.fe ,Del·l .. T:h~s one of . ;t,h~ fP~.J).~s ,'" .__ , : II,~:;; preser'it'e d ~t';i-be biennial Ifle'e!'ting' of the<USAS ,-and the ~,Q~,igin.aI, besid~ !':15'eing . very t rel1. do'ns'; was accompanied by .some ,.f.~~"'~ ...;:. i,v::~' kodachrome slides of the area and artifacts found. • ~, ;.~r:';. j.~"...~ . .",.,

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CATALOGUING ARCHEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS By Dee Arm Suhm Catalogues, because ,they perman~nt+y , ~ecordthe location of ," archeolo.g~cal fin4s, greatiy ,enhance' the .~cl.entifl.c varue of a: '~,'<:~;' collection~ ' They "are so necessary . ~'\1~t ail museums and othe.r '. " j',' . instituti6hS conci:rried wtth--the' sc,i'~:tific (i.e. carefully ' c~mtroile_q) .'1;: collecting of archeological spee;iin~ns...maintain extensive catalogues. :~- --'I~) It is eQ],ually as important for a.lJlat(3Wr arphaeologists to catalogue )' their collections. Without proven~ence specime~s are of little scientific value. It is most unwise to trust such significant information to memory, or merely to la'h;~l, bags and boxes of objects,_i" Bags break reas ily and, moreover, illllabelled specimens from various bags or boxes can eas;ily ,be mi.xed_ .

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Although there are a vari~ty o;t;:. .ways to catalogue specimens, the . _ minimum amount, of information' that should appear on each o'l)ject is, ' ,, _ a site~!4~,s1:gri~~ion and, ~ :W~,der qertain ci-rcum~~ances, a des;Lgnation referring ,t o a, !?p~ c;i,f~~ loc;i!.,e.. within the site (i.e., the, intras_ite provenience) ~ ..'Th~·~~e~ ;d~sigz;ii3rtl.ons are in -t4P1 keyed, to 'site~ ·recor.ds . f; and to lists r; or' c'at~o~ues ,.. ,. Thus, fo,r ~ainple , trie. statewide :. -:1~ . Archaeologic4 ,S urvey, at the, ,Un.i versity of utah usel:!' state, GOunty~ and numerical abbreviations for site designations. The Coombs site, briefly des cribed by Richard Ambler'in a recent issue of the newsletter c.:Vpl ~ 5, No •.. ,3:, pp •..4-J.+ ) , appears in the Utah Statewide, Archaeological Sui-vey rilee; 'a s 42Ga34. The pr~£ix - 42', stands forUtah, the G;:l' ;f,Qr: Garfield, County, and the 34 for theCoombs site -the 34th si te' f'i:)~a, in Gar:fi~+-d County. E~J1 specimen found at the Coombs s~~~ ,~§',/~ <l:~~ll~ d m;th t.h,i~ numb~r, whicp is, iIi. effect; e: ' code t:t:'sm--P.;J,~,:~~ ~ bY]::,~,efe:rence,' ~5i" th9;',i~ i te records, maps and catalogue sheets· ··· t '.. ', -..:" ......~. *1. . ·.. i· ' t;.: . ,'.:l; L

For a scientific study of specimens, especially thos~ excavated, it is also ~wportant tp.' ~~~i more specific~~y where objects, were f~und wi thin t1W:' '8 ite -- .;tqe ..;ultrJ~s,itE( si te p~yenience. . W~~ a. poiI?:~,~ ' , " I for instance, ·from th~ ,~urface or buried l2 inches ,p elow the surface.;Such informatiotl ~M. lead t.p, significant chr<~mologic-aJ... 'and cul t 'Upal interpretation:s~ .. ,' The' depth, of an object below the sUrface is '.,: often an important factor. '~in establishing its age ;~~J,.~:ttve to th~ -"i:,;" age of other specin;ens. In addition, a certain po!tion ,ot_the" s ~~,~, . .' ;., " as for example, :t?,he .north end, may contain remains .plqe.r tl1~ :bb;4~~..;, " 'J "" ~ , from other parts of the site. Finally, groups of objects a-sso%.!,~ .. , ,'." iated with ~ne !~other may p:ovide important clues to ~.uch P~ tur,cH- ,:,, _. ,;: ' interpretai;.J.ons as ,the, functlons or uses of th~ objee:ts,. ,For thes!3; " ', , "_, ' ' r" " reasons, quite specific horizontal and vertic~ con?r0f.~ . are : .~', .i, ; ;:.; necessary. This mepns then that each ~bject or groupp ()i' :QPJ~ct~i.:·j ; . r." " found together~ ,( i.e.• ,q.~_s<?ci,at-ed) must bear sp~~ lab~l: ~~cf1.t. by: : .,;-:;' .... ~ :~, checking a cat.~.R~~e" ~~~~s , ~h.e, archae,ologist ~xactly. wh.ere ~,he ' 1" .:. specimen was f.9tm.a with:i,..n. the site. Such data ar.~, far mor~ ;'r important for an excavated specimen than, for one from ,th~iurface because the exact intrasite location of the latter is ve~ likely due to accident, such as erosion, rather than cultural events. . ' I '.

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Again, to .idraw from the Statew:1..4e Survey, the specific location of an excavated specimen is recorded in a catalogue and a corresponding fieI.d specimen (FS) number is v7ritten 0n the specimen and in the catalogue. FS 203 may, for instance, refer to objects found on the floor of House No. 10 Only .the site number and FS 203: . : < need to be written on the object, since these m,unbers, when ii' " consulted in the catalogue, reveal complete provenience ~ta. The St~tewide survey syste~, briefly described above, is only one of a nUmber of ways to catalogue spec;i.mens. It is a fairly complex system because of the vast number of sites and objects which the survey. deals with in the course of its operations. For less ambitious uz:tdertakings a simpler method, but, nonetheless, one which embodies the principles of the Statewide survey system, should be used.. The important point is that. a useful and consistent system be used. In brief, the system recommended should have 1) a label unique to e2.ch site and 2) ,for eKcavated objects, a second designation which indicates intrasite proveniences'. TheJte · is no short cut to a catalogue system, nor, ' can its importance be overemphasizedo

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One of the simpliest, and yet quitee'ffective, site designations is that .which assigns a number to each site as it is found • . ; . . J,. dditiC!n:~ly:, this number can be prefixed with the investigator's initials •. Thus John Smith's labels would appear as follows: JS 1, JS 2, JS 3, . etc •. Each specimen from' a single site should bear the designation assigned to that site.' Site numbers 1 are 'quite meaning.. less if they· do not appear on each object and all records, maps ~d photographs pertaining to that· sitee, ,

If a site is excavatecl-l!- each specimen should contain an additional labeL Anumerical designation which immediately follows the site label i s suggested. ' Thus a specimen or group of specimens from John Smith ' .s site ' # 2, l evel 0 to 6 inches below the s urface, in trench #3 ( s quare, . pi t , house, et c.) is labelled as JS 2-1. ' , Objects from other specifJc localities within the site are labelled as JS 2-2" JS 2-3, 2nd so forth. The provenience data, with a corresponding number, should be entered in a catalogue, such as the one shown in figure J. The catalogue itself can be loose sheets of paper bound into some type .. oJ notebook or a Simple composition book modified as in .fi-gure ..1. If a composition book is used, it is recommended that each site have . its own book to facilitate entries which may be added to the collection at a later date. Lists of catalogue numbers are not necessary for survey, or surface.,. collections, for no suffix need follow the site label ~ The . necessary information should be contamed on . ... .. ; site survey sh~ets .a nd maps locating sites. f '

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It must be · emphasized that digging improperly done will destroy the scientific value of a 8i te, that is is a costly undertaking, and :· that permission should always be obtained from the landowner. Page 6.

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Once a 5i te has been located and surface collection ma'de, a number should be ' assigned and a site survey form, similar to that suggested in Vol. 2, Noo 3, p. 16 of the Newsletter, should be completed. Any photographs taken of the si.te s~p.jlld als? .bea:rt,the 'apPrppriate si~~~~2~~ ~--1he · &tte ' shoul~ :be located .on at lea~ one ~p. Rd.commended\ maps ar$: . . .. , 1) UoSJ Geological Survey quadrangle sheets, which can be , obtained for portions, but not all of the state, from the U.S . Ged~ogical Survey, Map Distribution Center, Denver i Federal penter, \Denver 2, Colorado. These maps are i particul~rly goo~ for their phys,i9graphi<:::.detaii. .. " :\. 2L_,G9JlUtY.: ,highw~y 'lifa}:)s, obtainable from ~he Utah State Road 1 eommissi~n, 525 West 13th South, Salt Lake City, utah. These ! maps lacle the detail of the quadrangl'e sheets, but are \ ava¥abl~ f9,i ' all counties iri Utah o' 1: 1

In ~ddition ~o these maps, it is helpful to make a sketch map indic~tinG ac'c e5s to tqe 5i te and loqa:ting . :va.rious ·~~atures in , the site_o. Any such map should be suff~ciently deta;\ ed and accurate enough to enable a stranger to locate ~he site~ , The 1basic survey records, in summary, are the si te surv~y forms, .maps" , phot·o - . graphs and specimens. .Hl can b.e linleed, to a single isite qnly by meanb of the site designation and, . hende, it is necessary that , i I " each bear the site number. : . " ' l •

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When making a collection, whether from the surfa'c e or from :, excav~tion, it is desirable to put the specimens! in strong paper or cloth bags ui;lich contain a mantla tag labelled with j ~he s ,i te\ numbe~ and provenience da'Ga.o In addit.iOll ' the outside ;pf the bag should1 be similarly labelled. Ch;ra ijlarlf ing pencils o~i fel t:': 1 tippedt pens (such as IIMarks-L-Lot ll \, manufactured :Qy the;~ Cart~r . Ink Co ~ ) are beSft for wtrLting' on t flgs l an~ , bags. ,T hese pens are waterproof; ine. ensive ~nd ~nandy to useol _The collecting of objects and plac' :1g th ;n\ in marked bags cfu be ' co:p,sidered . as the ne c\e s s ary p1req~~~:t.:~- ,~~ process ing 0a-tfJ:ogUiq~.

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The first~t;p- i~ ' proces~ing is the wash~g or Cl~aning of , specimense Ohly ~durable objects, such as ithose o~ stone, fired ; clay and bone, sliould be 'w ashed. Hm-rever" even d~al:i.l.e specimens containing or pai~ ' ted iolitfl a fugitive pigment shou{Ld notibe wash~d. In Ttlash~g object a smali brush with fairly stiff\ :b rist :es and I soapy walter lvill ·· 'eld th$ best results o More pert~habll itemS, '\ such as pharcoal, iplapt remains, animal hi4es, woo4 and ~he like, . must notl be ,,;ashed. : They Ican, however, often be c]eaned 'by care- ', ful bru~+ing. I~ ~is :espeqially important that theJ~:eeC~rri~n~t. ,_ - ~, when b~~1fg cleaneq are _n~~_~ep.?-r,ated\ from a 'site--Iaoel or proven1.enc.e.-.da ta''''- ' . -Page

After the specimens ~ have ~i been cleaned the second ,~step in catalog~j,ng, the actual labelling of ,specimens and, in the case of excavated ' materialS ', making of entries inithe catelpgue book, should begin.',, " ) Materials needed for labelling, a.re ,simpi e ffi d inexpensive, They include black India ink, pen staff;'pelFPoints, clear lacquer, white industrial lacquer and small. tags that can he tied to specimens. ::;-.

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The site and catalogue numbers ,' (~an,be :w rit,ten ill India ink directly on many objects, expecially: those of :ston~·" .. bone and fire clay. After the ink has dried a thin solution of clear l~cquer ( or acetone and alvaI') should be applied 'over the number. The lacquer coating over the number prevents smearing or :.removl;U likely to result from handling of objects , H.owever, it is not necessary to lacquer numbers on pottery because,':itabsorbs the ink. The catalogu~ , number should, of course", always be legible. In addition, it should be placed in a convenient, yet unobtrusive" part o~ the object.' A handsome specimen ,can be badly marred by: ·bo;Ld. and slopp:r ~Labelling. ' .~, 0

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Perishable items, such as corn cobs, basketry and cordage, are often difficult to label. In some cases, the catalogue number can be written directly on the specimen g Other times, a small area can be coated with clear or white lacquer to provide a good 101r.itin.g, :.¢.:urfati~.~ _.~ Man perishable, ·howeve~,.:can not be ,written on at all. The majority of,. these. can. be, catalogued by writing the number on a small white tag which in turn is tied securely to the specimen Some 0 bj eets, such as seeds will simply be impossible to lcibel oJl"tag:, :'I'hes3'''can ;oruYJbe ·,placed in a small container, prefer?-~1.Y a::bo~ t"lo or::a·'plastic',·viat,::·with a tag containing the catalogue number :' . LiI{'ew:lse· cna:r:Go.al ts difficult to label. It should, especially in view of its potential value in Carbon-14 dating be wrapped in aluminum foil and placed, toget~er witb an ici.e~if.if:Y'j,ngfTabel, in ;an-a ir tight':lrj.alt.j;.J:n! fact, it · ~hould be pla6'eC1:+i:Ln tho foil and . Jar "immediatel:y::-::up:on-exca:v~:f;ion: . to prevent any contamination, Hany perishables may be quite - fragile and . require special treatment in order to preserve them. Techniques of preservation are beyond the scope 'ol'-"tflis paper; however, the read.er is referred. to Chapter XIII in Heizer'S recently revised A Guide to /\rchaeological Field Methods. 'I

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Two manos" made of quartzite and weighing 1 11;>.; lO '· oz:. and 1 Ib o . l2! oz. l:J.ave been recovered.. The first is2t inches wide, 1 3/4 inches :: thi9k and 6~ inches long and is square in. shap e ~ The;'sec6nd is lozenge, sbaped and' is 3 1/8 inches wide, 2 3/B inches thick., anq. .5 1/8 'inches long . Both of the manos were found in a 1'02.d cut ; ~ : south of ;tihe"_pondo 'J.. lump of red paint was :('ound in t~e ' 83ll1.8 genepal area 18 inGhes below the surface while excavation 't·ms being made for a water lin\3 This piece shp1'ITs upe as it has been rubbed smooth on both ep'ds • It we ighs 3 1:'00".' ~ .o z 0

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A fragment of an implement, presumabl~" part of a scra~er~ and the only artifact made from obsidian found and reported wl.thl.n Maple Dell was found west of the small pond about 30 yards. Due to a policy of permitting the finders of artifacts to keep them, most of the relics found are now scattered. and thoug~ some information is on hand concerning all of the recovered artl.facts reported, the records are not as complete as they migh~ be. As future items are recoverd, a more complete record wll1 be kept and effort is being made '~o obtain full data on the scattered artifacts as the owners can be located and interviewed.

HUNT 1S REHEDY

If you are interested. in dating old towns or white campsites you might try the methods suggested by Charles B. Hunt in a recent article in Geotimes (Vol~ III, No.8, pp. 8~10, 34, May-June, 1959). Dr. Hunt says you can get a fair idea from the types of cans and bottles present just when the site was inhabited. (

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Sites dating from 1900 to 1920 have round nails, bottles with hand finished necks, but Hi th the lip to take a metal cap in the case of beer and soft Qrink bottles, and soldered tin cans. From the 20 1 s thru the 3DI s Call1pS and tOHnS have machine finished bottles with a mold seam extending to the top of the bottle, tin cans put together by cd.'-:piq; the seams instead of soldering, and these are usually associatE:: d with auto parts of the Model 1\ vintage. From the 1930 l s on its beer in cans and aluminum cooking ware.

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