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Averaged artifact count per 10-cm level; FEET 200 Styles of prehistoric pottery and other
soil cores (SC) and Orr unit (Orr Sec 14) estimated. 0 artifacts changed over long periods
of time just as we see changes in
0-9 modern technology. The hundreds of
10-24 pottery fragments recovered from top
25-49 to bottom at Kimball Village actually
50-74 appear very similar with few chang-
75-99 es, evidence suggesting that the
100-149 village was occupied for a compara-
150-199 tively short time, perhaps only a few
200+ generations. Once the inhabitants
SC1 0 Horizontal Scale Only 50 exhausted nearby resources such
AT1 METERS as timber, they likely would have
AT2 moved to a new spot.
AT3 Approximate location of lodge
AT4 as suggested by magnetometer The limited test investigations at
AT5 x Minor artifact cluster Kimball, lasting only a week, pro-
AT6 o Probable living floor duced some interesting results. The
AT7 p Probable pit or dit0cchm feature site appears to be far more complex
AT8 than first reported. The soils above
AT9 25 cm the base of the mound contain soil
AT10 horizons and artifact concentrations
SC3 suggesting the site was rebuilt several
AT12 times, each time raising the village a
AT13 foot or two higher.
SC6
To enhance the limited field study, a
SC2 specialized team from the University
Orr Sec 14
SC7 Stratigraphic profile, Kimball Village,
Living Surface 2009. Shows site deposits still intact
Modern Surface 50 cm and evidence for rebuilding.

75 cm Vertical Scale Only 17

p Living Surface 100 cm Depth

Mean- p oo o Living Surface 125 cm
der or p o
ditch? x op o
150 cm
Original Surface x x p Living Surface
p

175 cm

o

200 cm

xp 225 cm
p
p Mean- 250 cm
p der

Vertical Exaggeration Reduced
possible final lodges

original surface possible ditches living surfaces?

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