Walking the Fields Near Zekiah Swamp

On Saturday November 6 CCAS had an opportunity to walk a soybean field adjoining a creek running into the Zekiah Swamp.  The day turned out to be beautiful.

For us walking the fields involves flagging the location of artifacts followed by recording the location and description of the artifacts at each flagged location.  Artifacts are sometimes retrieved so they can be identified and possibly photographed.  After that the artifacts are returned to the landowner, and a report is written about what was found where.

Josh, Belinda

We found several clusters of artifacts with a lot of fire cracked rocks.  Although we haven't looked at everything yet, we did find at least one archaic point.

The general area was known for having archaic artifacts, and at lunch we saw some of the thousands of artifacts the farmer had collected during his lifetime.

CCAS and ASM members participating included Phil Angle, Carol Cowherd, Josh Eller, Robert Eppley, Jim Gibb, Rich Gorski, Calvin Martin, Robin Martin, Elsie Picyk, and Belinda Urquiza,  Six of those participating are in ASM's Certified Archeological Technician Program.  Joe Gleason, who made arrangements for us to have access to the field, also participated.

We would like to thank Joe Gleason for setting this up.

We also would like to thank Jim Gibb for all the guidance, for providing the Total Station used to determine the location of the flagged artifacts, and for offering to create the map for the report.