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Process of Archaeology / Fieldwork

Documentation

Photography and Other Documentation

One level from Feature 139 at the Pammel Creek site, with the corresponding field map.

Pammel Creek 139 level 5 Drawing

Extensive excavations at the Sand Lake site in Onalaska, Wisconsin, revealed a series of ridged fields where the fertile topsoil was heaped up to form ridges along which corn and beans were planted. The fields were first formed about 1400 AD. During the next hundred years, sediment eroded from the surround uplands and buried the fields. New fields were created within the new sediments, and the process continued. A profile through the ridged fields reveals a series of such episodes.

Sandlake Profile Drawing

The photograph shows feature 139 from the Pammel Creek site after half of the feature had been excavated, exposing the profile. The drawing shows the different zones defined in the pit. Each zone may represent a separate activity such as a separate dump of debris into the pit.

Pammel Creek f139 Profile Drawing

Feature Level Excavation Form

Sample feature level excavation form and summary feature form. These document level 5 of Feature 139 at the Pammel Creek site.