Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . al remains are needed. All this will call for one more seasonof work. It now appears fairly clearly that the history of the site is, in brief,as follows: At some period in the distant past, but probably not over 2,500years ago, the rocky point on which the settlement was eventuallyestablished showed a bare or nearly bare surface covered by glacialtill, and there must have been extensive areas of similar nature in thegeneral vicinity. Then followed a relatively dry period during whichthe winds carried ofl: the light, fine consti
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . al remains are needed. All this will call for one more seasonof work. It now appears fairly clearly that the history of the site is, in brief,as follows: At some period in the distant past, but probably not over 2,500years ago, the rocky point on which the settlement was eventuallyestablished showed a bare or nearly bare surface covered by glacialtill, and there must have been extensive areas of similar nature in thegeneral vicinity. Then followed a relatively dry period during whichthe winds carried ofl: the light, fine constituents of the till in neighbor-ing parts of the island and deposited them in part on the point, wherethey formed what eventually became a layer of loess a few inches tonearly 2 feet thick—the butter earth of our excavations. Then, before any appreciable vegetation covered the site, came thefirst settlers. They left a layer of shell, ash, and refuse a few inchesthick, spreading over much but not all of the more availal)le parts SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, 1935 51. Fig. 51.—A deep burial.
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