Artifacts of the Seven Site: The Southeast Ferrous Feature

Southeast  Ferrous Feature: General Description

The Southeast Ferrous Feature at the Seven Site is a more or less linear concentration of highly oxidized ferrous fragments and rust just southeast of the 2010 “L” lanes and northwest of the 2010 “X” area (Figure 1). 

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The feature trends roughly S-SW down the slope of the ridge, covering a linear distance of about seven meters.  We documented it photographically, with video, and with a sketch-plan on June 4, 2010, and took samples of larger and relatively identifiable fragments from six locations, shown in Figure 2.  Figure 3 shows the feature as viewed from the photo tower at an elevation of about 3 meters.