Today was the first of our four "Volunteer Days" when MTSU faculty and students welcome interested members of the public to participate in our project. While it was a bit on the warmish side -- we still had a very nice breeze to keep things in perspective.
Along with about half of our student crew, we had a number of volunteers contributing to the project today -- we appreciate the interest and help of James Carll, Jennifer Clinton, Evan Cole, Edie Crane, Brandy Dacus, Lacey Fleming, LeAnne Johnson, Caroline Kiev, Chris and Drew Hogan, Ryan McNutt, Robert Miller, Steaven Robbins, and Jesse Tune.
Today, we continued to find significant bits and pieces of the garbage left behind by the Native Americans who lived here centuries before us -- fragments of pottery, broken pieces of stone tools, and pieces of animal bone left behind from their meals. We continue to find every now and then a projectile point like that shown below.
With the help of our volunteers, we also managed to start a couple of new excavation units that will be finished up next week. Below Jesse Tune works on one of these new units.
As of now, your project directors are closing off for a much needed one day of break from the field. We expect to have more exciting news and discoveries this coming week as we get deeper and further into our project.