For the first time since last Wednesday, the rain permitted us to get a full day of digging in. Well, almost a full day, as part of our morning was spent bailing out our units.
The key here is, of course, making sure that the water is tossed a good distance away from the units.
Despite our best bailing efforts, we will need to wait at least several days before digging in units C15 and C16 in the northeast corner of the field, as they have pierced the water table.
After our morning bailing routine, we were treated to a visit by Maggie’s parents—our first official visitors aside from Ron and Dr. Smith.
As we were unable to excavate our water table units, the crews from these units moved to higher ground to assist the other teams. With these reinforcements, the other three groups were able to get photos of their first two levels completed in short order.
The unit pictured above is C19, our westernmost test unit. It has not yet yielded any features, but it is producing an interesting assortment of artifacts including some bottle glass…
… and the tip of a projectile point.
Not to be outdone, the crew working in C18 in the center of the field found part of a metal shoe. There is a good chance that it is a horseshoe, though it could have also been used by an ox.
This is the second possible horseshoe that we’ve found at the site, and both are in the approximate location of the site’s nineteenth-century horse racetrack.
