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