Archaeology of College Hill Excavations

Brown University's Ongoing Fieldwork in Providence, Rhode Island

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Chelsea organizes the finds for both trenches

Week 5 – Excavations

This past Monday was an exciting day of digging for The Archaeology of College Hill! We had an extended session, and luckily the weather was warm.

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Bags of ceramic and recording sheets for QG3

Week 4 – Excavations

Quiet Green Trench 3 (QG3)

This week in QG3, we worked in two contexts. In context 5, we used handpicks to excavate quickly. Context 5 was a light orange, clayey soil.  For the most part, it was wet and clumpy, which made it slightly difficult to sift, but didn’t present any other significant problems.  We encountered context 6 later in the day.  Context 6 was a darker soil that formed a circular deposit on the western edge of the trench.  We fully excavated the area, which returned to context 5 when context 6 was completely removed. 

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