Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Archaeologist begins excavating Pelican Island Refuge site
Federal archaeologist Rick Kanaski looked over the ridged, bony fragment that stood out last week from the surrounding crushed shell that was left from a sifted pile of soil at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge.
"Oh, it's a tooth," he exclaimed, prompting volunteers Cheryl Cummins and Mary Fredell to pause in the sifting.

It was ridged for grinding, he said. But was it from a horse? Or may some prehistoric plant-eater?


Kind of neat. You hardly ever hear about shovel testing for sites.