Mission Creek Salvage Project

There's a heck of a nice spit under that clay (or there was, anyway).

At long last, the Mission Creek salvage project is ready to go. About 10 cubic yards of Eastbay beach was delivered to a place where we can screen it at leisure, with a water hook-up so we can spray the fine stuff through the screens and pull the good stuff from them.

The source is a sand spit near the mouth of Mission Creek. Although there are artifacts within it, the stratigraphy left something to be desired, so the site is not eligible to the National Register. No data recovery is required, but that does not stop the data from existing, and local archaeologists are stepping in to recover what we can.

Screening will happen every Saturday in October, 10:00 - 2:00 (as with most archaeological time, this comes with a +/- factor, to be determined by when people want to work). The location is the west Olympia location of Saint Michael Parish. 1835 Overhulse Road, Olympia WA if you want to get yourself an internet map, which will look something like this:

If you are an archaeologist interested in participating, but have not gotten on the email list, comment below, and I'll get back to you. There is room for a limited number of non-archaeologists as well, especially if you have some experience.

Besides having running water for screening, we'll have access to bathrooms and a kitchen, so you can have a hot lunch if you want it, and change into dry clothes at the end of the day.

Thanks,
Maurice