In the December, 2007 Friends newsletter, we announced that a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities would fund a three-year project to improve the archaeological collections from Pineland in order to make them accessible for long-term study and exhibition.
Now moving into its third and final year, the project has already made significant improvements. These photos show some of the recent activities.
Ann Cordell inserts archival tag in protective bag holding specially analyzed pot sherds.
Austin Bell enters information into Pineland database
Donna Ruhl reorganizes dry archaeobotanical samples for final proofing.
Gypsy Price catalogues sediment samples and specimens from Pineland’s two sitewide auger surveys.
Elise LeCompte and Karen Walker archive large-format maps, stratigraphic profiles, artwork, and other drawings related to Pineland.
Melissa Ayvaz cleans waterlogged plant remains from Pineland’s deepest levels.
Ryan VanDyke records information on zooarchaeological collections from Pineland.
This article was taken from the Friends of the Randell Research Center Newsletter Vol 9, No. 1. March 2010.