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PHOTO MONTAGE OF ASAA EXCAVATIONS AND DISCOVERIES
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1999 excavations to limestone bedrock, Olive Branch site, Illinois.

1999 excavations to limestone bedrock, Olive Branch site, Illinois.
Excavation deep into Mississippi River silts, Olive Branch site, 2000.

Excavation deep into Mississippi River silts, Olive Branch site, 2000.
Projectile point tip, ca. 10,000 radiocarbon years old, Olive Branch site, 2000.

Projectile point tip, ca. 10,000 radiocarbon years old, Olive Branch site, 2000.
Projectile points and drills discovered during summer 1998 excavation, Olive Branch site.

Projectile points and drills discovered during summer 1998 excavation, Olive Branch site.
Selected Very Early Archaic artifacts from the Olive Branch site, southern Illinois.

Selected Very Early Archaic artifacts from the Olive Branch site, southern Illinois.
ASAA Members Jason Neralich and Cordelia Lampley holding first of two Very Early Archaic ritual blades unearthed at the Olive Branch site, August, 2003.

ASAA Members Jason Neralich and Cordelia Lampley holding first of two Very Early Archaic ritual blades unearthed at the Olive Branch site, August, 2003.
ASAA Members hard at work exposing the Neralich Cache, Olive Branch site, August, 2003.

ASAA Members hard at work exposing the Neralich Cache, Olive Branch site, August, 2003. Click here to view close up of blade.
Second of two Very Early Archaic ritual bifaces being exposed, Neralich Cache. Both bifaces were enveloped in red ochre-stained earth.

Second of two Very Early Archaic ritual bifaces being exposed, Neralich Cache. Both bifaces were enveloped in red ochre-stained earth.
The pair of Very Early Archaic bifaces, Neralich Cache, in their original positions, tips pointing upriver, Mississippi River. No human remains or other artifacts were observed around the bifaces, which lay in red ochre.

The pair of Very Early Archaic bifaces (Neralich Cache) in their original positions, tips pointing upriver (Mississippi River). No human remains or other artifacts were observed around the bifaces, which lay in red ochre. Click here to view close up of blades.

Members Tim Logsdon and David Martens at the 2003 ASAA dig in Newfoundland.

Members Tim Logsdon (left) and David Martens (right) at the 2003 ASAA dig in Newfoundland.
Excavation of South Slope Midden, Goodyear hilltop site, Erie Co., NY, 1999. A chute was used to send buckets of earth down the steep, slippery slope of the ancient (ca. 1575 AD) hillside dump.

Excavation of South Slope Midden, Goodyear hilltop site, Erie Co., NY, 1999. A chute was used to send buckets of earth down the steep, slippery slope of the ancient (ca. 1575 AD) hillside dump.
Ceramic effigy smoking pipe from South Slope Midden, Goodyear site.

Ceramic effigy smoking pipe from South Slope Midden, Goodyear site.

Kadoha Village, Murfreesboro, AR, June, 2004. Left hand of ASAA Member, Del Beck, is at base of 13th-century Midden Covered by Mound 2 fills. Note ancient postholes.

Kadoha Village, Murfreesboro, AR, June, 2004. Left hand of ASAA Member, Del Beck, is at base of 13th-century Midden Covered by Mound 2 fills. Note ancient postholes.
Landscape in the vicinity of San Lazaro Pueblo, Gallisteo Basin, south of Santa Fe, NM.

Landscape in the vicinity of San Lazaro Pueblo, Gallisteo Basin, south of Santa Fe, NM.
Forrest Fenn, ASAA Member and owner of San Lazaro Pueblo.

Forrest Fenn, ASAA Member and owner of San Lazaro Pueblo.
Side-notched projectile point of obsidian on surface of San Lazaro Pueblo.

Side-notched projectile point of obsidian on surface of San Lazaro Pueblo.
Excavations within rectangular rooms of laid adobe bricks, San Lazaro Pueblo. Deposits in these rooms were dated to the mid-15th century AD.

Excavations within rectangular rooms of laid adobe bricks, San Lazaro Pueblo. Deposits in these rooms were dated to the mid-15th century AD.
Group of ceramic vessels and ritually important artifacts that lies collapsed upon the floor of a room in San Lazaro Pueblo.

Group of ceramic vessels and ritually important artifacts that lies collapsed upon the floor of a room in San Lazaro Pueblo.
Cindy and Mary Jane Bartush—ASAA Members from north Texas—at work sieving room fill dirt at San Lazaro Pueblo, 1997.

Cindy and Mary Jane Bartush—ASAA Members from north Texas—at work sieving room fill dirt at San Lazaro Pueblo, 1997.
ASAA Member Don Eckler from New York State ponders collapsed heap of deer antlers within San Lazaro Pueblo room—mute testimony of the prowess of ancient hunters.

ASAA Member Don Eckler from New York State ponders collapsed heap of deer antlers within San Lazaro Pueblo room—mute testimony of the prowess of ancient hunters.
Restored olla—one of several discovered during three field seasons of excavation at San Lazaro Pueblo.

Restored olla—one of several discovered during three field seasons of excavation at San Lazaro Pueblo.
Carefully dressed stone griddle or <i>comal</i> -- used to make flat bread by an ancient San Lazaro Pueblo cook. Metates, manos and comals were routinely unearthed within rooms.

Carefully dressed stone griddle or comal -- used to make flat bread by an ancient San Lazaro Pueblo cook. Metates, manos and comals were routinely unearthed within rooms.
7-hole bone flute (eagle bone?) from collapsed room fills, San Lazaro Pueblo.

7-hole bone flute (eagle bone?) from collapsed room fills, San Lazaro Pueblo.
Long-time ASAA Member, Nick Miller, excavating a 2-m square at Greasy Creek Holler, SW Missouri, 2003

Long-time ASAA Member, Nick Miller, excavating a 2-m square at Greasy Creek Holler, SW Missouri, 2003