Daily Log

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June 10, 2001

Completed a rough topo. survey of CD, and it appears that all of the terracotta fragments that one can find on the hard-pan in the treeless area must originate in the area as everything seems to slope away, leaving the hard-pan as the center of a kind of plateau.  This is good news as it means that the surface finds from 6/8 must not have moved very far since deposition.  The resulting map (p. 9 - 10 ) has some problems however.  The trenches that I hoped to

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verify as Wrights, really remains in question as it is not oriented as I would have expected it.  The isobars should not be taken literally, especially on the southern slope as I did not have the opportunity to survey this area very well.  The steep slopes in the SW (near the gully) and in the E are fairly reliable.  Both slopes revealed out-croppings of bed-rock, and I hope that we will be able to extend our clearing out to the slope, as it is not much farther.  In that area, not far from what I believe is CT-1A was a dirt mound, with a piece of terracotta on top.  I am guessing, at this point, that is is Wright's soil dump from 1968.