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This is a long shot, but is there any chance we are looking at a space that was filled in by sediment from industrial-scale mining? That might explain the lack of a pit around the feature, but little else:)
Was there a pit around the trunk portion of the feature?
-Teresa
> On Feb 3, 2018, at 3:07 PM, Joshua McWaters <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hey Folks,
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> Apologies if this is a repost - I think I sent this with my non-histarch
> subscribed email earlier, and it doesn't appear to have made it on the list.
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> Anyway:
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> Not to put too fine a point on the matter, but we have some photos here of
> a real head scratcher:
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/162468823@N02/shares/8E2EfM
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> Initially two large round timbers were exposed and presumed to be pylons
> or structural supports.
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> Further excavation revealed that the two pieces are conjoined and may be
> the remains of a log or tree trunk.
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> Informal probing into the sidewall of the unit exposed a piece of wood
> immediately north of the log that is shaped to a point.
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> The shaped wood looks like it was placed upright, embedded into the ground,
> and surrounded by small cobbles to hold it in place.
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> The shaped wood is evocative of a spike that would occur in a deadfall pit,
> however no evidence of an excavated pit was observed in our 1x2m unit.
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> Deadfall pits for bears typically do have sharpened sticks at the bottom
> and the site location is within the historic ranges for both the California
> Grizzly and Black Bear in the Sierra foothills.
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> Any thoughts would be appreciated!
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> Cheers,
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> Josh
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