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Summer 2001 Archaeological Project
Museum of the Aleutians


Museum of the Aleutians archaeological team
prepares to excavate a mound site, UNL-55 Amaknak Spit Site - Tanaxtaxak


Small bone image discovered at UNL-055.


Field Season 2001


Dr. Rick Davis of Bryn Mawr College with Nicole Misarti of
University of Wisconsin, work on site surface mapping.
 

Field Season 2001



Virginia Hatfield of University of Kansas and Shawn Dickson
of Unalaska run the prism on site mapping.
 


Field Season 2001


Virginia Hatfield checks the Topcon Total station.
 

 

The first week of excavation at UNL-055, mound site on
Amaknak Island Spit; Charles Bellows, Nicole Misarti,
and Shawn Dickson excavating.
 

 

Water screens at work, Dr. Davis foreground,
Dr. Knecht background.
 

 

The whole crew including dog Grindle.
 

 

The Army Corps of Engineers contracted the Museum of the Aleutians to excavate a large mound on Amknak Island Spit on Amknak Island. The Principle excavators were Dr. Rick Knecht and Dr. Rick Davis, Bryn Mawr College.

 

 

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