Glen Connell surveying SIL 182 to establish the excavation grid
Entire site excavated, not sampled, since it would eventually be flooded by a 17 foot rise in the lake level,
During the summer of 1974, the lake level was visibly rising after the closing of the dam's 'stop gates'
Concentration of pottery sherds
More pottery sherds
Archaeologist in charge, Mike Kelly, photographing an excavated square
Only historic artifact found. Photos must identify information such as the site & square ID #s, level, & date for the record.
Square excavated much deeper than the levels where cultural materials were found to show the deep stratigraphy of the site
Student excavators learning the floatation method to separate light from the heavy fractions of the backdirt
This basalt "celt" or hand axe was the largest artifact discovered on this site
This hand axe, only ca. 1 inch thick would have been used to chop without any handle
The majority of the artifacts located on the SIL 182 site were of the same general size of these from another similar site
SIL 182 plate fragments
Fragements of a plate from another site glued together
Pottery fragments from another site being glued together in the lab