Gallery of Archeological Society of Maryland’s Biggs Ford Field Session

June 5, 2014June 5, 2014 GladeValley.net Staff

Archaeologists making a discovery.

Outlining a post of the later village’s palisade.

Sifting for artifacts.

All of the dirt is carefully sifted and its origin documented.

Sifting box

A cutting tool used by Glade Valley residents 1000 years ago.

Quartz tool fragment

Tools of the trade.

Sifting Boxes on Stands

Examining a find!

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Pit from original village dating as early as 1000 A.D.

Removing layers of dirt to be sifted.

A piece of pottery.

Taking a break.

Explaining the distinguishing markings of pottery used in Glade Valley.

Carefully searching.

These pits have yielded charcoal, animal bones, corn kernels, and more.

Archaeologists seeking the remains of a domicile.

Dig sites in corn field along Biggs Ford Road

Sifting Box

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