Monday, May 14, 1979
Move to Gathright - The crew got together at 8 a.m. and was on the road by approximately 11 a.m. We arrived at the base camp at approx. 1 p.m. The rest of the day was spent unloading and organizing. A group meeting of the crew leaders was held and then the entire crew met! Freezing cold!!

Field School Students: Dan Bornarth, Keith Bosher, Tom Farrar, Martha Golz, Allison Graves, Bruce Gungle, Ronald Hershey, Kathy Honeycutt, Sandra Huemann-Kelly, Grace Morrison, Henry Mullen, Madelin Preston, John Rush, Cindy Schroer, Douglas Shayne, Kathleen Smith, Michael Stewart, Jean Thompson, Kathy Tyler, Kimberly Weber, James Wilson

Tent Assignments:
Small Tent: Jean Thompson, Kathy Tyler, Kimberly Weber

Tent I (Scott Moore's Tent): Dan Bornarth, Keith Bosher, Tom Farrar, Bruce Gungle, James Wilson

Tent II (Holly's Tent) Allison Graves

Tent III (S.J.) [ed. is this S.J. Raredon?]Sandra Huemann-Kelly, Grace Morrison, Kathleen Smith

Tent IV (Mike Marino's), Ron Hershey, Henry Mullen (Hank), John Rush, Douglas Shayne, Michael Stewart

Tent V (T. Hands), Kathy Honeycutt, Madelin Preston, Cindy Schroer, Varina Simmons

Day 1, Week 5/July 16, 1979
Temperature: overcast and very hot!!!
Site: 44BA65/66- Greavers Mill
Crew: Divided into three sections as usual: a) Allison's b) Dan's c) Bruce's

All morning Mike Loftus and I toured the area, looking at all the various sites. We visited Tom's site, 44BA3C, as well as the historic site, 44BA3B and then went to Kate's site, 44BA 2/11/47 Jackson River Drive. After that, wne up to the McClintic House and finally went to visit 44BA105, Hangover Hill, which was where Holly's crew was doing a systematic survey. After that, went up to the McClintic House.

Day 3, Week 5/July 18, 1979
44BA65/66      Temperature: the day is overcast but will be warm later.
Crew: crew consists of field school and Harry and Hap. The crew is still basically split into 3 groups. In addition we have 4 visitors -- Allison's sisters!
Section C: Here the bulldozer is, clearing more area. Numerous artifacts have come out of the hole in front, which probably is the result of the fact that when the mill was burned the front wall caved in, resulting in all the equipment falling in. Some of the stuff coming up includes 2 turbines which were right next to each other. (Ed. Note: THE TWO TURBINES (e.g. the Clarence Geier Memorial Turbines) ARE STILL SITTING BY STEELE HOUSE, SHOULD ANY OF YOU CARE TO VISIT THEM AND HAVE YOUR PHOTO TAKEN).

Frank McAllister came to the site with Norman Dean Jefferson. He told us about the old miller's house and how the foundation to the east of the house was used as a dairy. He looked at the two foundations behind the main structure and said they probably were not smoke houses as they were quite developed. It is quite possible that the southern of the two foundations was a structure that was lived in as a fireplace and chimney was present. I am going to listen to the tape at home tonight (Ed. Note: NORMAN'S ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW TAPES ARE ON REPOSITORY AT STEELE HOUSE -- THERE ARE LITERALLY DRAWERS AND DRAWERS OF THEM).

July 31, 1979
Hap is asleep under a tree (BA65/66). They are all just standing around there watching the bulldozer at $37 an hour bail water! You know I sure hope we get to go to a normal site soon!!

5/15/79  First day in the field. Lynn, Penny, Bob, Clarence and I first assisted Tom Whyte and crew locate and begin stripping the BA 3B site area (after beginning the morning with duty assignments and a familiarity overview of the dam project by Capt. Werty of the A.C. of E....All went well today, nice and sunny with a cloudy afternoon, everyone seemed in good spirits and we are learning to work together well.

5/16/79 This morning was a rush, got up kinda late, ran around for breakfast and tool grabbing, ended up in the field with not enough string and no tape...Today was a hot one so we took a short afternoon break (10 min.) to cool down and get water. As hot as it was nobody complained and we finished the work that needed to be done in plenty of time....A blazer is supposed to be coming for us to use next week, that will be a relief, since then we won't have to deal with so many items loading and unloading. Penny has been a great help to me so far.

5/17/79 (surveying terrace lobe along large "S" meander of the Jackson River)Harry just came by (2:45) and told me that at least a thousand points had been collected off the fields along the bluff, but if there were sites here, they're gone now! He also said he had a large air photo of this flat which shows some of the features taken back in 1952. Will look at that when I get back to base camp...Pretty hot today. We've worked hard.

5/21/79 This morning permanent crews were established. Lou Hanson and Marshall Coffey complete our crew (with Penny and I) to date. They seem to know pretty much what to do already...One added note -- almost all evidence of the secondary terrace in this region has been bulldozed away and the sites which appear as stains on Harry's 1952 photo have been covered over or stripped away.

5/22/79 Marshall is a good addition to the crew as is Lou. We'll have a productive summer, I'm sure.

5/23/79 After returning to the upper plateau (near contractor north of Kelly Bridge) along the mountain range we were joined by C. Geier and B. Boyer. We were looking in the area of BA 114 and Boyer found a projectile point in the backdirt of an Iroquois test pit....We left and drove west on 663 til the road ended at Big Lick Creek where we ate lunch. It rained cats and dogs and we went back to base camp to write up the day's work and get our paperwork straight.

5/28/79 This morning we stayed at camp for an hour and finished survey forms. Marshall stayed in to work on the shower. When we got out into the field we began our survey on the eroding terrace that is just south and borders 663, east of the confluence of Hughes and Big Lick Creek. Here we found two sites...and a blonde French pitted flint and a number of bricks and also a well made of stone and filled approx. half-way with fill that must be excavated.

5/29/79 This morning we got away early with a new crew member, Craig Warren. He's an excellent addition to the crew, has reasonable knowledge of geologic formation, a good attitude. I was glad to have him -- hope he's permanent.

6/5/79

This will be a fairly short entry, I hope. Time for some R and R tonight. Continued work at 79-60 (Ed. Note: Fan Dancer, 44AY104). Harry Jaeger joined us; he and Rose Marie Graves worked as a team, excavated two tests. Craig and Penny, Lou and Marshall each did two tests today. Harry gave a demo on the transit today....Got pretty hot, but everybody worked just fine.

6/7/79 Last night played volleyball. Sandra Raredon took a shot in the nose on a tight play at the net. She and Gary Seale going at the same ball. Gary's fist came back after the hit on the ball and popped Sandra square on the cartilage member. Small cut, some blood. I heard a crack, crunch. We took her to the Bath County hospital. No damage other than bruise and pain. I needed that exercise - planned to collate after, didn't get to it. Harry and I will make a site map this weekend.

6/12/79 At 11 a.m. we left Fan Dancer to survey the draw, southwest following the river down from the Hughes Draft/Jackson River confluence. Had a hell of a climb. Beautiful panoramic views, but found no sites. It took from 11-2 to complete that. We returned to the camp, ate lunch, and went to the first major bluff south of and bordering the Jackson River north of Mud Run. This area turned out to be loaded with prehistoric cultural material. I told the crew we'd write up forms tomorrow morning. They put in a long day. We found four site areas there in two hours, all we had to do was get out of the wagon and look at the ground.

6/18/79 Rain, rain all night. Rain, more rain this morning. It's a day off for the teams. A good day to finish paperwork I have to do, plus the intensity of the rain will certainly clean up where the dozers were working....Penny is taking over her share of the paper work, etc., as is Lou. They have been a great help. Everyone on the team is working well. We have to find a good stratified site in the bottoms somewhere. I suspect some areas of Mud Run might have one.

6/20/79We'll ask Doc for another field school person, as we need more crew. Dan (Bornarth) caught on fast today. He's beginning to distinguish material better. Digs a fine hole....Ron Meliment is going out with us too. Damn, I need people so bad I had to con the cook into a day's fieldwork!

6/29/79 At 1 p.m. we began to walk back to Hughes Draft and Bill came with Lou whom he had taken to get poison ivy shots. He gave us a ride back to Hughes Draft.

6/30/79 Spent the day at AY20 which was named Yarrow after a plant Elwood told us about which is useful for keeping bugs away. Seems to work pretty well, we've been using it all day.

Tuesday, May 15, 1979 Arrived at BA18 about 9:50 with Scott Moore, Pam Piccolo, Kathy Putnam, Carl Millens, Kirk Anderson, Holly Cromwell, and Rudy Petke...Weather has been clear up to now, but it is beginning to cloud up with thundertops.
(*Need Sunglasses*). All crew members HAVE BEEN WEARING THEIR HARD HATS.

Wednesday, 5/16/79 Joe College from the ACE stopped in his pickup truck and yelled at us to put hard hats on -- only Put, Pic, and Carl had theirs off. Put's was within 10' of her and no construction within 1/4 mile. Hel only yelled at her and wouldn't talk to me after he yelled who was in charge. He didn'thave to be so nasty.

Friday, May 18 Mr. Ivey and Bob stopped by this morning to check in and asked if I knew when Bolar Flats would be done because they have a parking lot to build there and can't do it until we're finished with it. Said I'd check. They also told me they might have dozers in here as early as Monday to take away the topsoil so we have to keep going as fast as we can.

Monday, May 21, 1979 BA18 Brought out new crew and put them in pairs: Pic and Steve McBride, Terry F. and Kim McBride, Kirk and Carl, Scott and Lynn...We decided to eat our lunch at 12:30 and will take breaks around 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Also, we'll begin to close up at 4:15 so everyone can finish field notes and get equipment gathered up and in the trunk...Mr. Ivey stopped by to see how
things are going and said they'll be stripping topsoil off this week in here and then they'll be getting clay out of here (90,000 cubic yards?) for most of the summer. They have to cover the marina area with high quality clay and the specs are nearly as tough as the dam itself...We were foiled in our lunch plans today as Elwood's crew and Holly's crew came back for lunch at 11:30 and by 11:45 we were afraid they'd eat it all so we ate then despite our plans.

Tues, May 22 4:00 p.m. Several construction workers showed up and wanted to see what we'd found today so I showed them a biface and gave a lecture on the importance of flakes.

Wed, May 23 Several thunderstorms came up at lunch and continued til after 1, but we could see light sky behind them so we waited and were able to begin surveying again in the 25' squares. In fact, we finished 101 squares in total today.

Thurs, May 31 Frog stopped by w/ B. Boyer about 10 a.m. I went up to the McClintic House with them to look around as we may be there next week. Apparently, the Corps called Frog and asked him to do it before they work on it or tear it apart in the very near future. We are to be doing the summer kitchen, which may possibly have been the original building and supposedly was a fort.

Monday, June 18 Rain most of last night and today made some mighty big pools of water and it was still pouring at breakfast so Frog cancelled work for today except for the administrative staff and those who need to do paperwork. Scott worked on the McClintic Hse. area and I looked through the forms and made plans for tomorrow. In the afternoon, Penny, Frog and I (accompanied by Greg Verson) went out to the site 44BA2/11/47. After we walked over to the north end of the terrace, I recognized that it was the same field my crew had surveyed in 1976 when the pan had scraped right through it in several N-S strips. We had found a number of points at the NE corner of the field near the woods but now the woods are gone and the entire northern end of the terrace is exposed ground surface. MacCord had identified the BA2 site in the 60s, Benthall identified BA11 later and we found BA47 in 1976.

Tuesday, June 19 Because Scott's crew still had work to do on the McClintic House, he took the crew and van up there. Carole Reardon and I went to 2/11/47 and worked on setting up a grid. We had to go to the McClintic House for lunch since the cooler was in the van.

Wednesday, June 20 Lunch was fairly late but we had done well over 30 squares when Scott, Put, and Steve arrived from the McClintic House with the grills for the hamburgers.

Monday, June 25 Kirk forgot what happened to the van keys so we got a late start. Jeff Dressler was here waiting to bulldoze when we got here. Frog and Bill arrived at site just before break time so we gathered and showed them what we've found out here. Several strange points and a few pieces of pottery. Harry and Hap came out today and began doing a topo map of the terrace.

Thursday, June 29 Frog let us have four field school people and dropped them off at the site.
We have Mez, Tom, Kathy, and Cindy. Kathy is working with Hap, who is still mapping the site. Tom, Mez, and Cindy are working in the shovel pits for Terry Finlayson. They finished 10 pits today.

Friday, June 30 Since Hap had forgotten to bring enough paper for his map, Scott and I went
back to camp -- he to take the paper and van back and I just stayed to work on BA18.

Monday, July 30 Since it was so hot and Dean Finlayson was with us, we went up to the woods near BA56 to eat lunch and sit in the shade a little while.

23 July 1979 (Mon) 44BA3C: The banquet was a blowout...got booted out of the Ambers at 10:30 p.m. Bosher passed out in a field w/ my cowboy boots on, and Dan punched Dan (both w/ white tuxedos on). Everyone had their own story about it today.Grabbed a shovel today...that means either of two things...shovellin' or skimmin'. Well, it turned out to be skimmin'....

29 July 1979 (Sun): Came back last night to work today. We began work at 8 a.m. This was a relief, as we all stayed up to see Mr. Bill on Saturday Night Live. He wasn't on...bummer...Began working at 44BA3C (Poleland). Kim Weber and I bisected postmolds for Feature 51 (stockade walls)...It sprinkled most of the morning and then we were hit by the deluge around 9:30 a.m....We came in from the field, took a short break, and then went to work. I finished up my notes and the others worked on the kitchen for Dr. Finlayson. Melissa called work off at noon. Four hours work; not that bad. Went to sleep at 12:15 p.m. and woke up at 4 p.m. I feel good!

30 July 1979 (Mon) 44BA3C: Bisected postmolds again today.. Tom assigned me to remove 3 postmolds from the 1st subsoil horizon; one is to be put on display in the JMU archaeology office. Well, here's my procedure for removing a postmold. First, bisect with one sharp trowel for "mirror smooth" face. The face was taken down several inches below the bottom of the postmold. I then dug around the postmold to form an 8" x 8" pedestal. I shovel-cut under the first postmold to remove it. It was cut, I picked it up, and it broke...I screamed and kicked a bucket about 20 feet. I took a short break and bisected a few more postmolds in the regular manner before I attempted this feat again. (Editor's Note: Andy continues for pages and pages about how he tried this several different ways, finally retrieving a "portable post mold" that "Dr. Geier will get off on.

17 August 1979 (Fri.): Destruction Crew...pull down tents, move things, rip up boards, long day...off to the Shamrock! Goodbye everyone.

8/7/79
BA3C: Mike (Marino) and Gary (Seale) mapping new features. They got a bit malicious and made Liz Wakefield cry. Then both went home to map after lunch.

8/13/79
Beautiful cool day. The site is wet from rain -- it beats the hell out of cement dirt, though.
Crew:
Mary Lou Hanson, Tom Herald (volunteer), Bob Foss, Robin Lee, Greg Max (volunteer), Greg Metz, Dan Smith, Gary Seale, Mike Marino, Tom Whyte, Dee Dee Desarmeaux, Karen Hines, Melissa McFee, Liz Wakefield and Andy Holds

8/15/79 Second-to-Last Day
...It is now close to 3:30, everyone but Greg, DD, Tom H., and Dave E. have gone back to tear down camp.

8/16/79
This is our last day in the field. Things are awfully hectic. We cannot locate our $2000 transit for which I am responsible. We got here 1/2 hour late at 6:30. It is freezing cold and foggy and everyone is asleep. Most
of crew stayed behind today to tear down camp. Only ones here are Dan Smith on F-69, Robin on F-68, Dee Dee and Greg on F-73, Tom Herald on Square ##55S10W, Mike mapping, and me...We are to leave here by 2:00 p.m.

1980 Journal #1
May 13, 1980 (BA5) Crew Responsibilities:
1. Whyte - Crew Leader
2. Mullen - Ass't Leader
3. Warren - Geologist, Mapper/1
4. Smith - Food
5. Wong - Forms, Bags
6. Petterson - Equipment
7. Weber - Mapper, Geologist/2
8. Keith - Polyethylene Man
9. Gigi -
10. Ron - Water Man
(Ed. Note: interesting that Gigi had no responsibilities, which was probably a good thing, given some of the photos of her antics that year).

May 19, 1980 (BA5): Cool foggy morn - feeling sick - coughing. Arrived at BA5 a little late. Waiting for Jaeger who never showed. Dressler at site with four-in-one dozer to strip plowzone.

May 22, 1980 (BA5): The day turned into a real hot one. Allan Outlaw and Randy Turner visited the site today and Bill said we are doing a very nice job.

May 26, 1980 (BA5): Happy Birthday Tom (Ed. note: someone else's handwriting). Thanks. Beautiful day. HOWEVER, we had to walk in because the lake is up over the road.

May 30, 1980 (BA5): The water has risen and is moistening the lower pits dangerously. Frog had to call corps and threaten to sue them. Supposedly water will be lowered 3 feet and held til Thursday.

Saturday, June 28, 1980: Norman and I spend much of the afternoon hunting in woods for straight hickory to make bows.

June 14: How to spell FERRUGINOUS QUARTZITE

June 19: I guess it rained again, but it's much clearer now. I imagine it will be hot and himid before too much longer. The site (Blackjack) is real muddy, but ours (at least) isn't covered with water like some. How do you sift mud? Bug bites driving me nuts.

June 25: Pretty cool and overcast -- didn't get much sleep and haven't been feeling good. Almost lost breakfast during van ride.

June 26: Spent day at the mill (Greavers) with Doc G., Kim, Jo (Cathie Tyler), Cindy, Mez, Keith, Harry, and John Rush. We cleared the whole place, which was overgrown with underbrush and trees, the whole day. Tough work. My hands are totally destroyed.

June 27: Have a painful sunburn and some p-ivy.

June 11, 1980 BA 15 Crews:
Bruce K: Becky Wood, Penny Abramson, Bruce Gungle, Happ D., Rudy Petke, Doc Geier, Cindy Schroer
Dee Dee: Barry, Mez, Ron Lebo, Ron Hershey, Mike Petterson, Karen Reese
Bob Foss: Doug (alias Nipplehead), Kathy Jo, Marshall, Bill B.

June 16, 1980
Hail storm in camp. Tents all knocked to shit. Quite the scene. Rainy and electricity is all out.

July 10, 1980
Yea! It is raining and my crew is getting artifacts from features washed and tools extracted so I can see what the hell is coming out of this site for the summary (BA 15). (Ed. Note: and a fine summary it was).

July 11, 1980 (Friday). Full scale digging of test pits, starting on BA 13. Named "Jap Slap" for Dashiell's famous retaliatory backhand slap in response to such antics as Tom B's cooking. That boy will make a terrible
husband or crew chief, so why not give up. General Jap Slap called for.
HOW TO DO JAP SLAP:
hand and wrist held straight; flick in face.

July 14, 1980
Dasheill and I explore BA 12, named Dolittle Site by Bill Boyer. So named for Dashiell and his band of merry men.

July 16, 1980
100 degrees.

June 17, 1980 First day of field school. Working at BA5, Huffman Site. Shoveled
plowzone for 4 1/2 hours and learned what plowscars are.

June 23, 1980 Am at Drill Hill today, almost without my breakfast. Killer ride. Harry
showed us how to use a transit.

June 24, 1980 Found a fair number of flakes while taking off the first two inches of this
level ...Were told that yesterday's fruit pit turned out to be rabbit shit.

July 1, 1980 Very foggy this morning; will probably clear off and get hot. Went out with Doug, Jim, George, and Donna. First hit Mathaney Farm, this time in a hay field east of the house at the base of Suck Lick Hollow. Mrs. Mathaney's dogs, Nert and Fuzzy, went out with us, also. Some of the best
company I've had since I've been here....After lunch at Hidden Valley we moved to Fassifern Farm where we surveyed a cornfield...with the sun beating down on us and the endless rows of corn surrounding us...After finishing the field, my hot dog had fermented in my stomach, and we left. I hate surveying.

July 2, 1980 Beautiful morning; I am in a much better mood today. We rode up to the project area to pick up some decent shovels (boon-doggling, as Doug calls it). Donna, George, Jim and I went back to Fassifern Farm again -- this time in a larger cornfield to the east of where we were yesterday. I
decided for sure that I loathe surveying...We finished the field and went to Blowing Spring for the rest of the afternoon. Sat in Little Back Creek to cool off. I like surveying a little better.

June 13, 1979 The butterflies are spectacular - black with blue. (I believe I was listening to a lecture on the history of the different sites we would be working on)

June 13, 1979 44BA21 (first site, first day) We've finished doing some of the main lines of the grid. We also have cleared a lot of brush away by the hack and pull method. Doc found a point in my NW quadrant. I found what seems to me to be part of a bowl made out of a rock (but what do I know). It is an interesting shaped rock. I found a good number of flakes (around 10).

June 18, 1979 It rained all night and I didn't get much sleep. Breakfast wasn't until 7 am, so we got to sleep an extra hour. We didn't go out today and I spent a while digging ditches to drain Lake Churchhill in front of the Johns.

June 19, 1979 The soil is really wet today. You can't use the screens except for mushing the soil through the mesh.

May 27, 1980 (Tuesday): I left about 10 of 4 to drive the suburban back from shuttling Tom's crew. Unfortunately, I had trouble squeezing in between the narrow guard rails on either side and scratched it!! The construction workers were flying around the curve where I was because of work time ending and it was pretty hairy. Luckily, a worker stopped and helped direct me and then wanted to chat about this gorget he'd found from who-knows-where. When I got back, I immediately told Doc (about the suburban). He was cool.

June 2, 1980 (Tuesday): Duty Assignments/BA 15
Lunch Cooler -- Ron Lebo
Charcoal, Lighter Fluid -- Mez
First Aid Kit (stocked), Toilet Paper, Bags -- Marty
Forms and Tools -- Sam
Van -- whisked out daily, check gas, water, air filter -- Ron Hershey and Barry

June 16, 1980 (Monday)
There was a GIGANTIC storm this morning and we all decided not to drive to the project after waiting before McClintic Bridge. The rain was so fierce that the vans and all went back and I rode with Harry up to the site to
tell Jeff Dressler we weren't working. The rain stopped buy the time we got there (BA 15), but back at camp all hell broke loose. They had a terrific rainstorm and hail storm and my tent blew over. Holly saved it and staked it down but it was a shambles inside.

June 17, 1980 (Tuesday)
Crew: Mez, Marty, Barry, Sam, Hershey, Lebo, and we're honored with the presence of Nipplehead (Doug Shayne).

June 25, 1980 (Wednesday)
The battery died in the station wagon probably because the doors and tailgate were left open and down. We all piled in Van 21...Doc met us at the paved road at the chain gate and was he pissed...all I can say is it was a long damn day.

July 8, 1980 BA 15
Crew: Hap, Ron, Marty, Sandii, and Rudy
I brought the station wagon out to BA 15 again to supervise Hap and Ron who are mapping Sub Area I for Marshall. Collected flags from the site while Sandii, Marty, and Rudy hustled to complete their features on this last day here.

July 9, 1980 BA 12
New Crew: Dashiell, Huemann-Kelly, Hershey, Miller, Moore, Abramson, B. Wood, Currin, Petke, Sam the clam

July 11, 1980 BA 12 Hap docked 3 hrs. - asleep.

July 21, 1980 Artifact of the Day!!! Becky Wood!!! Yellow jasper glass-like corner-notched base fragment!

July 24, 1980
The bulldozer guy, Jeff, is here today and is not doing the north concentration area in BA 13 (Jap Slap).

May 18, 1979 Note and comments to tell crew (Ed. note: evidently, after reading diary entries for the first week's work):
"this area appears to be a portion of a historical trash pit" -- more details needed!
"concentration of love rocks" -- description needed
"neat stuff" ?
"see Marino's diary -- has some very good concise descriptions" --

Everyone needs tor write down everything!

WRITE LEGIBLY

NEED PICTURES FOR BETTER DESCRIPTION -- DRAW!!!

June 12, 1979 No, No!, cries Mr. Bill in Billville today! Tom has destroyed his knee for two weeks so here goes nothing! Cloudy, foggy this morning. Mike M. is assisting me and right now is working with the grader on 44BA14. North of us (at BA3). Everyone is adjusting to the fact that Tom isn't here. Everyone misses him; I certainly do. ... Have just spent 15-20 minutes reading Tom's diary and trying to familiarize myself with his documentation. I am not having any major problems following his recording. I just feel jumbled right now since I feel I need to know EVERYTHING right now. I feel the responsibility heavily. Everyone is being very good and cooperative.

June 27, 1979 Liz, Dan and I have swept 44BA489 (Harry Jaeger Cabin Site) CLEAN. Looks like something out of National Geographic.

June 28, 1979 Dee Dee has just found her 4th or 5th point from her fire hearth (at BA3C). Her fire hearth has been full of good artifacts. Underneath a large slab of river rock was a mass concentration of crushed bone connected with the elk antlers protruding out the sides. ... I am here in Area 12 now with Greg Metz, Dan Smith, and Kathy Honeycutt. They are a great group of people. Greg has come a long way.

July 11, 1979 Skylab Day Have waterscreened all afternoon with Gary, Dee Dee, Dan, Liz, and Kitty. Was also filmed for TV. We have finished all the water screening for 44BA489.

July 18, 1979 Somewhat tired -- camp was VERY ROWDY last night to say the least. Very foggy, muggy.

July 24, 1979  6 a.m. in the field -- this is certainly a first for me in my life. I've never been working this early in the morning -- groan. Still dusky when we arrived.

July 28, 1979 SaturdayI have a bunch of hung over archaeologists! ... This is crazy. Volunteers from New Market (5), a class from Blue Ridge Community College (9), and 40 exceptionally gifted children all came to our site (BA3C).

July 29, 1979 Sunday It began raining by 9:45 a.m. It proured steadily and we left. Went back to camp and cleaned up the kitchen. That was atrocious. Very dirty. The sanitation department would condemn the place.

July 31, 1979 Very foggy, cool and dark this morning. These 6 a.m. mornings are about to kill me. I'm beginning to feel the effects of a long summer and feel somewhat physically and emotionally drained. However, here I am and doing the best I can.

August 1, 1979 It is hotter than ANYTHING today! Everyone is feeling the heat plus the after-effects of drinking MUCHO beer the night before. However, we were able to come out at 7:00 instead of 6 a.m.

August 7, 1979 I thoroughly enjoyed this afternoon. Mrs. Firestone entertained us with stories about the four major crusades.

27 May 1980
Doc, Harry, Marshall and I are at an unnamed site north of Mill Hill North.We'll be doing test pits...Site is unnumbered as yet, but it has been named "Anybody's Guess" by CRG before the vehicle was turned off...Kind of got
too much sun and had to go crash out in the van for a few minutes. It really zonked me out totally...a very long day. Shuttle system for leaving sites...it was almost 6 p.m. by the time we got in. Very hungry...

28 May 1980
(BA 5) The smell of Covington is in the air. Could this mean incipient rain? Others on crew are C. Warren, Petterson, Gigi, Lisa W., C. Schroer, Marvin S., Dave P., H. Mullen, H. Jaeger, C. Geier, Bosher...Hard workin' day.
[We determined that "Marvin S. - was a volunteer; Marvin Shiflett?]

29 May 1980
Just got sprayed down with cold water so I'm ready to go again!

30 May 1980
(BA 5) My pit is muddy from underwater seepage from the lake rising. Harry is going to talk to someone about it (Corps)...Time is at a premium, so I'm kicking ass to find the bottom of this pit. Several pits are
flooding from below...The rains began and we left at 1:30. Washed vehicles, then artifacts, and got to leave early after a quick shower. Really glad for this L-O-N-G week to be over with.

June 5, 1980
Tenderfoot Site. Our crew today is Harry, Tony, Cindy, Marshall and me. Bright sun, clear day with a gentle breeze. First keg at camp last nite. I'm probably one of the few without a hangover.

June 11, 1980
Stayed in to play in the kitchen. Cleaned the shithouses and made bread.

June 12, 1980
(BA 15) Working with Scott Moore. We will be working in a 10' x 10' square. Got bumped from this assignment before I even started -- someone foresaw the consequences of Scott and I working as a team. Got moved to
Cindy's square. Rudy Petke and Hap are also working with us.

June 16, 1980
Rained, hailed, thundered, and lightening, so we headed back to a slightly destroyed camp. Checked at the library about movies and helped cook dinner.

June 17, 1980
(BA 15) Lisa Clarke is working with me. She is hitchhiking around and is from Lincoln, Nebraska...Looks like a carrot and celery veggie lunch today.

6/18/80
(BA 15) Started the day with a lecture on filling out forms properly. The dozer is literally clearing the entire terrace which can only mean lots of skim shoveling...Worked before lunch and then afterwards on Trench D
troweling and shoveling with Doug Shayne and Bruce Kiracoffe. Short meeting at 3:45 to discuss proper bag labelling and diary data recording.

6/19/80
Overcast and breezy, so I survived in spite of a slight hangover.

Monday, June 12, 1980
At BA 15 Subarea III. SQ 25S 325E. SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING TROWEL SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING PEE SKIM SHOVELING BREAK SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING 86 DEGREES SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING SKIM SHOVELING
So far 2 potential postmolds. Sunny, nearly cloudless day. Relatively late lunch and very hot direct sun. Have been sprayed down 2 times with water and I still feel like I'm dying. Soil is baked.

24 June 1980
An Alka Seltzer morning for sure -- didn't get out of camp until 7:00, and even then with 16 in the van and the water cooler spilling all over everyone within distance. I am continuing skim shoveling at BA 15 Subarea
III Sq 25S 300 E. People are really being lax about where they walk around here.

July 10, 1980
When I arrived at site (BA15), my pit (Feature 17) was flooded BAD; standing water. P. Abrahamson and I bailed it out. Had planned on finishing waterscreening at camp but we were on the road out past Andy Hoffman's old house and they had the road torn up to lay cable so we had to WAIT. We all caught up on our paperwork and Marshall helped them refill the road. I drove the car and almost buried the front end (thanks to the directions or lack thereof by the construction worker).

July 14, 1980|
Felt like homemade shit. My stomach was torn up to begin with and the ride in didn't help any (BA15) Warm day -- humid and hazy. I'm sweating just sitting in the van. Writing finished at 1:30: 24 forms, a 3-page burial form and 10 page report.

July 22, 1980
Getting more cloudy -- chance of rain (WISH). Break -- chips, granola bar.

July 23, 1980
Crew party at Blowing Springs. Good time. 12 noon - 8 p.m.

July 28, 1980
Bill and Harry came to pothunt in our trenches (BA 12/Dolittle Site)...Filming of archaeological "On Broadway". Regretfully, rehersal was much better. Scott Moore director...Rained on and off all day which was pretty depressing and so was the fact that I hurt my knee by falling in a gopher hole trying to find a place to pee.

July 29, 1980
(Revercomb) Pretty nice day - warm at times but generally overcast. Mike Peterson and Bob Kennedy were crew directors today. We had a crew of 19! Lunch was cheese and tomato sandwiches and fruit. Cindy treated us to tootsie roll pops!...We had a guest from a Covington newspaper. He asked a lot of questions of "Dr. Geer".

Accident Report Date: 7/28/80 Name: Sandra Huemann-Kelly Accident: fell in hole and injured knee at work site (bruised, swollen, stiff, painful).Where Happened: Site BA 12 Gathright Project Area; Supervisor: H. Cromwell

5/14/80 First day in field. On Bill's crew with Harry, Jo Tyler, and Scott. We're working on Drill Hill. First, Jo, Scott, and I did an uncontrolled surface survey on the southern edge of the Drill Hill terrace. We flagged tools which would later be plotted by Harry Jaeger and his magic transit.

5/27/80 Out to BA15 w/ Holly's crew. Clear and cool. Bruce is using my diary. Hap's is missing. After digging 2 test pits in Subarea 2, worked on building fire with Becky. It took a while to get it going. After lunch, worked on Trench 2. Spent all afternoon shovel skimming.

6/23/80 (Ed.: running commentary between Penny and Bruce Gungle, whose comments are in parentheses) Out to BA15 again (Boo Hiss). Clear and cool (it's hot as a bitch). Began with writing up a feature summary for pit that Bruce finished for me (F-5). Then shovel skimmed and moved dirt all morning...Bruce is really a sucky partner to work with. As far as I'm concerned, I wish he'd split this place and go join a new wave band in New York. But I think he needs to practice his Elvis stance, and he also needs to rev up his "energy", "vitality", and "authenticity", since that's what new wave's all about. Don't have anything else to say today.

7/27/80 (Ed.: drawing of rainstorm and lightning striking Penny, who says "Oh No").

Marshall Coffey's notes: Very warm, relatively humid with completely overcast sky. Intermittent showers this morning. Crew: Marshall Coffey, Director; Bruce Kiracofe, Assistant; Mez Wilson; Hap Dashiel, Becky Wood, Sandy Kelly, Doug Shayne. Bill Boyer dropped Scott Moore and Kathy Tyler off to work with us after lunch...The first day is not that organized and this diary reflects that. I did not know I was going to direct a crew, so the adjustment is not a rapid one. Actions and thoughts change when you're the crew leader.Everyone appears to be working well together for the first day in the field. I did make the mistake of putting Hap and Doug together. They appear to enjoy talking much more than work.

Doug Shayne's notes: Working with Marshall, Bruce, Hap, Mez, Sandi, and Becky. (Ed. note: According to N.H., he and Hap worked hard all day, excavating at least three 5' x 5' squares).

Bruce Kiracofe's notes: My second attempt at a diary -- my first attempt was lost in another diary that will probably show up in a few days...5/14: After lunch, Hap and I dug out two more 2 1/2' squares at the extreme southern end of the site (Ed. note: crew leader has separated and isolated Hap from Doug).

Becky Wood's notes: Washing flakes, what a pain! Naturally I will be last to finish.

Sandii Huemann-Kelly's notes: Moved to SQ. 130S 45E where H. Dashiel and D. Shayne were working. Now I'll be working w/ Shayne. Interesting lunch: carrot cake, veggie beef soup, crackers, veggies, and cheese.

(Ed. note: No field notes from Hap)