In company of J. L. Henson, we staked out square 38R9 of which over half
was in the seep ditch. With such a small crew we decided on that small
part of a square to excavate.
We recorded the datum depths on the NW and SW corners—the others being
in the ditch—and removed the plow zone. At the bottom of the plow zone
there were strips that measured approximately two inches, running in a
straight line. With lots of concern we finally figured that it was where
the bottom of the plow had sloped off toward the ditch, and we wanted to
level the next surface, so the established depth of the plow zone for
this square was set at DD 6.5 though at one edge it was not that deep.
There was not anything that we could report for that level, and we went
six inches lower to DD (Datum Depth) 7.0. In this area a pit showed up
for when we scraped off the level at DD 7.0 we had the outline of a pit.
We cross sectioned the pit to obtain a profile, and it extended six
inches below the top of the subsoil. The profile drawn shows the pit
starting at DD 7.0 which is where we first discovered it. Subsoil was on
an average of DD 7.6.
The outline of the pit was not as distinct as shown on the Feature form
but that is closest lines that we could obtain of it. I packaged the pit
material and classed it as belonging to the level from DD 6.5 to 7.0.
See feature form 2 for details.