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Excavations at the T. Jones Site
on the Yadkin River, Wilkes County, North Carolina
May 28 - July 6, 2002
Scrapbook of 2002 Excavations
Students used a plane table and alidade to map the site. |
Students excavate and draw profiles of the northern block. |
All excavated soil is either dry screened or waterscreened as shown above. |
Summer rains prove to be challenging when the excavation units flood. |
Special care is required when delicately exposing a burial while not disturbing the remains. |
Careful excavation revealed a preserved pattern of post molds from a prehistoric house. |
Excavations revealed numerous roasting pits used to prepare food for the village. |
Complex 'shaft and chamber' burials are common among Mississippian groups. Here, stones mark the opening of the chamber. |
Preservation within the shaft and chamber burial was poor and only remnants of teeth were uncovered. |
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FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT: Dr. J. Ned Woodall Archeology Laboratories Wake Forest University P.O. Box 7807 Winston-Salem, NC 27109 Phone: (336) 758-5117 FAX: (336) 758-3378 e-mail:woodaljn@wfu.edu |
The profile of a large roasting pit provides evidence of multiple use episodes. |
The 2002 fieldschool students celebrate the end of another successful season. |
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