SWIM TANK
Summer 2008
At the beginning of the Summer 2008 dig season, the swim tank was still essentially filled to the top. This view from the northeast corner shows the shallow pit that was uncovered during the Spring 2008 Field Methodologies course at Stanford University.
Summer 2009
During the first few weeks of the Summer 2009 dig, large debris was being left in place to try to determine any depositional patterns in the dumping of materials.
Weighing large pieces of sandstone, concrete, and other building rubble provided many challenges to the teams working in the swim tank.
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Summer 2009
This view from the southeast corner of the swim tank, prior to the removal of rubble from top and middle terraces, shows that over half of the material in the tank has been removed.
Team members worked carefully to remove dirt from around large pieces of rubble. All dirt removed from the swim tank has been sifted and sorted for artifacts.
Information about features and artifacts is carefully recorded. Artifacts are bagged, washed, sorted, and catalogued at the dig site.
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