On Saturday, we hosted sixteen volunteers who worked with our MTSU students. Volunteers ranged from seasoned "volunteer veterans" to folks trying archaeology for the first time. With nearly 30 diggers and screeners at work, we moved a considerable amount of dirt between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.

Pat and John resumed work on "Feature 14" (our "chimney base") with assistance from volunteers Dan and Chris.

By the close of the day on Saturday, the edges had been defined on the north and south -- a fairly precise 8 foot width in that direction. While more work needs to be done on the east-west edges, our early results suggest a 6-foot measurement for that dimension.

While we retrieved several hundreds of artifacts again today, a few from the "chimney area" stand out -- including many more buttons (such as the "white glass" or Prosser button below) and a glass marble.

A small portion of a porcelain doll (face) was also found today -- perhaps matching some arm and leg fragments recovered last week.

As we expanded our excavations to the west, we also found at least one and probably two more posts in our "cabin fence" -- the posts shown in yesterday's photos are in blue and those from today in white.

Looking north, today's "speculative reconstruction" would look something like this...

Only two more weeks of work on this project to go -- we have already discovered a lot of new information. More will be coming next week. For now, we close off for a well earned "day of rest."