Laserfiche WebLink
amount of deposit:ion occurs within the lower regions of the • <br />drainage system.; maximum depth noted was 1.5 meters below <br />surface. The up:;lope deposits were shallow and on many occasions <br />nonexistent with exposed sandstone bedrock. <br />Testing began with the eight controlled excavation units, <br />four cutbank units and four grid units, denoted as Tests 1 <br />through 8. Not all units were completed, the termination point be- <br />ing determined by three criteria bedrock, a lack of material <br />associated with dominant soils change, and most importantly, <br />abandonment once significance has been determined. <br />In an attempt to define maximum deposition within the <br />site boundary, Tests l and 2 were situated to the west, a low <br />area adjacent to the dominant area drainage (Map 2). Each <br />unit was a cutbank exposure, one meter wide, as were all con- • <br />trolled tests. <br />Test 1 (Figure 1) reached a maximum depth of 1.15 meters <br />below surface. This soil began as a light gray silt and with <br />increased depth changed from a silt loam to sandy clay loam to <br />clay loams, and finally based at a sandy clay. Coloration <br />varied equally, with the introduction of decomposing silts tone <br />fragments resulting in yellowish tints. Termination of a test <br />excavation unit was determined by the advent of the sandy clay <br />noted to be associated with the sandstone bedrock elsewhere <br />in the vicinity. No cultural material was located within the <br />test deposits.. However, charcoal was found at 43 centimeters <br />below surface,but cultural association was indeterminable. • <br />10 <br />