Some Weekend diggers arrived on Friday afternoon. Note wise choice of camp location next to a flood gauge holding up a monster dead tree stump.



Start digging right where the last crew left off last week.



getting towards the outer limits of the visible mound, still signs of life.





Happy Valentines cookie find...Nice coordinated styled gloves Kelly



Somebody dropped a beautiful blade at the outer edge of the camp area...and Nacho found it..







Everyone was glad to see lunch time arrive. Not just for the but Nacho would start the long awaited dig into the #2 midden.



This will be the new area for the screen tables

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Then to clear a roadway





This is the actual midden mound ( now at the end of the new ' road' )



Finally mound clearing, no lack of professional supervisors







I did not have to help clear the brush so i climbed the hill...area is already cleared fort he new table site..Nach is hidden in the trees on the far left in this view.



The entire hill is laced with natural flint deposits of many colors

First bite into the mound was straight ahead of the new road....>





Right from the first bite, the amount of firerock was very impressive



looking back to the tables



Now the real work starts



good finds right from the start





A real " needle tip "









little by little into the lower part of the mound



Nacho found an excentric / practice piece



Jacob handcarrying over a special delivery to me from Frank. ( in return for some nice cactus I put on HIS table )





Afternoon Shaddows are getting longer

End of the dig day...whajafind ? . >
99.9 % of these finds are from site #2....just the afternoon

















Jon H's best finds go right in the plush frame



SH's





A rare behind the scenes look at the film crew at work



Surf & turf & tall story campfire time..





Nighty night ,,,dont let the s bite.....big day tomorrow

Looks like a good haul!! That a good shot of the two camps and the river below.
What are your thoughts on the thickness of the midden?

any pics of sundays goodies Hal?

S, 2 people at the flint show asked me the same thing so I'm ready for the Q.
There is absolutely ZERO topsoil / sedimentary soil on top of the fire rock.
Go back to the top of this posting and look carefully at the area where my finger is pointing ( not the shadow )...There are modern roots growing right in the original ash. Flakes & worked pieces are found from the roots right down to the yellow lowest original soils.

Where the new road and straight in digging is, appears to be very level and the terrain above & below are sloped. SOME downward movement must have
happened and that would explain the mixture of all ages of points.
Whole mound only about 80 feet in diameter.

B, soon as I get done ing this I'll post Sundays'