Some Notes from the Site

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The Tannery Site

Pit 49, 14

Coverage – Light shrubby and leaves

River Sediment Smooth and Soft Rocks/Pebbles

Cm
0 – Leaf litter/half worm
0 – Begins with Silt Loam
17 – Start of Silty Clay
26 – Piece of Brick (Soft, Crumbly, Moderately Baked)
30 – Shard of Brick (Washed in?)
44 – Start of Loamy Sand
46 – Small smooth rock and Hard piece of brick
61 – Start if Silt Clay
68 – Dense Blue Clay
69 – Brick Red Clay (Iron Deposits)
77 – Large Brick Piece ( 1/2 brick)
83 – Start of Clay Loam
94 – 4 ½ X 3 X 3 brick in clay
104 – Brick and Bone fragment
107 – Start of Silt Loam
110    – Brick piece
110  - Charcoal

NO HEMLOCK BARK WAS FOUND

Connection to Tannery

·         Area was deeply disturbed

·         Part of the Excavation Area

Soil – Soil deposition: built up over time from run-off, flooding, livestock, farming. (Deeper the expected)

Bark is found at the bottom of pits. Transects N 32 1/2 , N 38, N 41.5, N 47.5
                Tannery pits – lots of bark found in 38 (found at top of pit)
Brick is farther up
                Structures blade of brick
                After decomposition – break down of structure

Pits: (45.5,12) (35.5) 37, 12.5) – Slag found (formed from charcoal hot fires melting stone in coal)


Notes courtesy of Kelsey Sullivan