From an aerial photograph of the site made in January, 1960, there
appeared to be several dark areas along the east line of the site. These
could have been damp spots or could have been patterns representing
refuse pits, houses or some other features. They were in a straight line
and uniformly spaced. It was difficult to locate the spot from the
ground, but using photographs from two angles, we were able to find the
approximate location of one of these dark areas. Then the grid system
was staked out in this area and using 1 × 4 × 10 ft. boards painted
white and placed at designated squares the site was again photographed
from different angles and altitudes. Square 32R36 appeared to be within
one of the dark circles, which did not appear as clearly as in the first
aerial photograph for the site had been plowed in the meantime.
Charles Scheel and myself began work. The plowzone produced few
potsherds and bone (F. S. 388) and a number of bits of burned clay
appeared in the plowzone as well as the sherds. The first horizontal
profile contained a considerable amount of charcoal bits. The profile
indicated changes of color in different areas of the square but did not
give any indication of a pit or postmolds or anything that would
indicate a feature to us. There was evidence of earthquake disturbance
on the west side of the square. There was a dark area on the east side
with considerable charcoal and burned bits of clay with numerous
potsherds and a fair amount of animal bone—quite suggestive of a refuse
area. To the south of this was an area of medium brown sandy soil with a
bit of clay mixed in but it contained little material.
The area to the west was of a lighter color and contained fewer charcoal
bits, but about as many potsherds and bone. On the west side of the
square beginning at the north end one foot east of the west wall, a
vertical sand streak one half inch wide, possibly earthquake
disturbance, running to the west wall four feet south of the north end,
and another vertical sand streak two feet wide running about four and
one half feet south of the north end to the south wall three feet east
of the SW corner of the square.
In the NW quarter of the square Burial 38 was found. It was quite
compact and not articulated. Some of the bone had been burned and was in
fragments.
In the NE quarter of the square and just north of Burial 38 was located
Burial 39. It too had been partially burned but the bones were more
neatly placed than Burial 38. The skull and parts of the other bones
were not burned. Both burials were photographed.