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Core Drilling in an Archaeological Site

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John C. Price ,
Richard G. Hunter  and
Edward V. McMichael
John C. Price
Affiliation:
West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virgina
Richard G. Hunter
Affiliation:
West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virgina
Edward V. McMichael
Affiliation:
West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virgina
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Abstract

Methods used in taking drill cores at a deeply stratified archaeological site in Kanawha County, West Virginia, are reported. A site exposed by river-bank erosion was tested with six cores, and additional deeper levels of probable human occupation were found. The site limits were determined, and evidence was gathered which suggests that the site was originally on an island. This work indicates that core drilling at similar sites in alluvial valleys would be a useful archaeological technique.

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American Antiquity , Volume 30 , Issue 2Part1 , October 1964 , pp. 219 - 222
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

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