Tiffany's crew headed north in Michelle's site to learn if the excavated bedrock formed an edge that would indicate the edge of a pit house. They hit bedrock on the east wall and also found a cist at the north end of the site similar to the one found at the south end by Michelle's crew.

The crew also found a mano in the same square as the cist but probably three or four levels above it. The mano would have been used to grind seeds or some other material on a metate. The crew also found a number of large debitage flakes and a phalanges (these are bones that are found in an elk's foot).

A Floor?

Michelle and Tiffany's crew had found small pieces of yellow-colored material near the pit. Tiffany's crew found almost a whole square of this yellow-colored floor. It looks like the material, possibly a clay, was brought in from somewhere else and laid down to create a floor. When people use an area they tend to pack down the surface -- what archaeologists call a use surface or activity area. Given the amount of work, Byron suspects that it must have been inside of a structure. However, they didn't find any evidence of a roof or walls.

Tiffany's Crew

Val, Tiffany, Jay, Janet, Carla