Day 7

Our last week of excavation begins at Arbuckle's Fort with a full week of visits scheduled with schoolchildren from across the West Virginia. Today's visitors came from Jefferson Elementary School in Huntington, WV. The students found their first exposure to archaeology an exciting adventure.

The students from Mrs. Williams and Ms. Varney's classes travelled over 200 miles to visit the Arbuckle's Fort site and were welcomed by the entire archaeology team. They will take back to their classes a new understanding of archaeology and history. Perhaps one of these students will one day be an archaeologist hoping to discover past wonders.

A different view of how artifacts look can be seen in this photo. While excavating along the stockade trench, the team found this pig jaw. The pig jaw has been partially excavated as shown in the photograph. The process of removing the jaw without damaging it is a slow and careful one. Patience is a true hallmark of all students of archaeology.

Late Saturday afternoon, we found a well shaped spear point in the cellar area. A spear point such as the one in [photo#1] would have been placed at the tip of a long, narrow pole and used for hunting. The spear point predates the historic period.

Visit with us again tomorrow to see what we find!

THE EXCAVATION 1997

September 22, 1997 | September 23, 1997 | September 24, 1997
September 25, 1997 | September 26, 1997 | September 27, 1997
September 29, 1997 | September 30, 1997 | October 1, 1997
October 2, 1997 | October 3, 1997 | October 4, 1997