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