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My brother and I located and began digging a different shelter last week which seems to be yet another undug location. The finds are varied from very nice to very crude and include bones as well as pottery. As usual, we're struggling to type these so any help on any artifact will be most helpful.
In one area of the shelter we found 11 broken blades. The best artifacts are coming from the back wall and are very deep. This shelter seems to have three "layers" of artifacts. Layer One is at the 3 inch level, Layer Two at 10 inches and Layer Three is at the 18+ inch level. We haven't dug past 18 inches yet. This shelter is labor intensive due to two compacted layers which we have to break apart by hand. The effort is worth it as we are finding artifacts in the "clods". The levels above and below the compaction are soft and very workable though. This shelter must have provided refuge for many, many years and perhaps two or more separate cultures. A tremendous amount of flint exists and every sifter load has numerous pieces. We've only managed to dig about 50% of the shelter to the 18 inch level so we expect to find at least a few more interesting pieces as we continue.
In one area of the shelter we found 11 broken blades. The best artifacts are coming from the back wall and are very deep. This shelter seems to have three "layers" of artifacts. Layer One is at the 3 inch level, Layer Two at 10 inches and Layer Three is at the 18+ inch level. We haven't dug past 18 inches yet. This shelter is labor intensive due to two compacted layers which we have to break apart by hand. The effort is worth it as we are finding artifacts in the "clods". The levels above and below the compaction are soft and very workable though. This shelter must have provided refuge for many, many years and perhaps two or more separate cultures. A tremendous amount of flint exists and every sifter load has numerous pieces. We've only managed to dig about 50% of the shelter to the 18 inch level so we expect to find at least a few more interesting pieces as we continue.
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