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Structuring an Argument and Posting the Results: Investigating a possible Mississippian household
By Adam Coker The goal of our team this field season was to investigate a possible structure identified in magnetometer data. This data presented itself as distinct anomalies that corresponded to what could be a central hearth and rectangular walls. … Continue reading
Stuck In the Midden With You: A Field Season In Review
By Kimi Swisher For the last five weeks, our team of Nate Hale, Turner Hunt, Judge Jones, and myself have been excavating a midden deposit located in the southeastern portion of the Singer-Moye site core. The midden is part of … Continue reading
Excavation team summary: The Palisade
*Note from Dr. Birch: This week, SMASH 2016 wrapped up fieldwork. This is the first in a series of posts which will provide a preliminary summary of each excavation team’s findings. By Sarah Luthman Our team spent three weeks opening … Continue reading
Drawing Plan Views
By Jaimie Carter Over the course of this field school, I have learned the multiple steps it takes to complete a project. From the initial measuring and stringing of the unit to shoveling and troweling, it is a lengthy process … Continue reading
Flotation
By Judge Jones Last Thursday and this Thursday, instead of going out into the field to excavate, my unit team and I stayed back at the house. We performed flotation screening on ten and five liter soil samples that we … Continue reading
The Shovel’s Song
By David Howington At an excavation site, an archaeologist is only as good as those with whom they are working, and the tools that they are using. At Singer-Moye, our main tool for moving dirt is the flat square shovel … Continue reading
In the lab: Artifact analysis
By Chris Dial When people think of Archaeology they conjure up images of the great pyramids or of a whip toting, gun-slinging b-film heroes but the reality of archaeology isn’t quite as glamorous. Archaeology is fun, don’t get me wrong, … Continue reading