Outline for Site Introduction and History Lecture

1. Site Location
2. Environment
1. flora
2. fauna—including rattlesnakes and bugs!!
3. geology
4. raw materials abundant
3. 1998 Excavations
1. # units
2. backhoe trench
3. housepit feature
4. 1999 Excavations
1. hand trench
2. bisect housepit
3. continue on house pit
4. dates of feature occupation
5. 2000 Season
1. ground-penetrating radar
2. magnetometry
6. 2001 Season
1. testing ground-penetrating radar and magnetometry results
2. N1057 trench
3. some of the things found in 2001
1. hearth feature?
2. cache
3. housepit feature?—dated
4. survey
7. 2002 Season
1. continue N1057 testing to see what type of feature
2. survey
3. what will learn—complex strats
4. what find
   1. lithics—points and other tools
   2. groundstone
   3. faunal?
   4. if pit house, number of artifacts 1998-1999, 2001
8. Daily Life
1. getting up early; sunscreen
2. ranches
9. Fun
1. river
2. swim
3. fish—licenses????
4. side trip to Jordan Craters
5. play with the doggies