Gallery of Archeological Society of Maryland’s Biggs Ford Field Session June 5, 2014June 5, 2014 GladeValley.net Staff All of the dirt is carefully sifted and its origin documented. Sifting Boxes on Stands Tools of the trade. Sifting Box Archaeology Carefully searching. A piece of pottery. Taking a break. Examining a find! A cutting tool used by Glade Valley residents 1000 years ago. Quartz tool fragment Archaeologists seeking the remains of a domicile. Removing layers of dirt to be sifted. Sifting box Pit from original village dating as early as 1000 A.D. Explaining the distinguishing markings of pottery used in Glade Valley. These pits have yielded charcoal, animal bones, corn kernels, and more. Outlining a post of the later village’s palisade. Sifting for artifacts. Archaeologists making a discovery. Dig sites in corn field along Biggs Ford Road Facebook Comments Share this:EmailPrintTweetShare on TumblrRedditPocketWhatsAppLike this:Like Loading...
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