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Good afternoon!
To date, Rincon has provided 13 full days and 3 half days of archaeological monitoring.
Today, Tuesday 2/21/2023, construction crew excavated a trench through the SLO History Museum. Excavation encountered an historic-era refuse dump as well as historic-era features including
two abandoned red-ceramic sewer pipes, red brick foundations, and one burn pit/chimney comprised of two walls of red brick with an ash and charcoal fill, reaching to a depth of 47 inches
with a red brick base/platform. The monitor halted excavation and recorded the artifacts and features, documenting the finds within a site record. None of the artifacts were collected
and ground disturbing activities were continued once the discoveries were adequately recorded. The artifacts included one intact stoneware bottle, one broken green-glass wine bottle,
other glass shards, Pismo clam shell fragments, two sawed-off faunal bones, porcelain fragments including one pot handle and one small sherd with decorative blue paint. None of the
artifacts had diagnostic markings or features (i.e. makers marks). The site was given the number CAD-S-001 and was backfilled. Ground disturbing activities ceased at 2:30 and the monitor
left the site.
No ground disturbances tomorrow.
Catherine Johnson, Associate Archaeologist
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cjohnson@rinconconsultants.com <mailto:cjohnson@rinconconsultants.com>
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