Field Photo Gallery

Dust spills out of the mouth of Hinds Cave during the 1976 excavations. The yellow cable in the foreground is part of the pulley system used to haul bags across Still Canyon. TAMU Anthropology archives.

Darrell Creel and K.C. Smith empty the coarse screen (1/4” mesh) into a brown paper bag before starting work on the fine screen materials. TAMU Anthropology archives.

Harry Shafer and Pat Dering pick out obvious artifacts from the coarse screen. TAMU Anthropology archives.

John Copp bags the coarse material from uppermost fiber layer. After the fine soil passed through the screen, large volumes of plant fibers, leaves, twigs, and such remained. Virtually all of these items are technically artifacts – natural materials that people had carried into Hinds Cave and modified in many different ways. TAMU Anthropology archives.

Excavations in progress, 1975. Screens were set up at the mouth of the shelter as far away from the excavation areas as practical. Dust masks were essential. TAMU Anthropology archives.

Glenna Williams-Dean takes notes during the Area B excavations.TAMU Anthropology archives.

Karen Smith labels a foil bag used to collect charcoal samples for possible radiocarbon dating. 1975 photo. TAMU Anthropology archives.

Profile drawings were made of at least one wall of all excavation units. This was typically a two-person job; one person took measurements and pointed out details, while the other actually drew the layering on graph paper. Because the 1976 work was part of a formal undergraduate field school, many of the important excavation walls were drawn by several students. TAMU Anthropology archives.

The hike to Hinds Cave from the camp was no breeze; it was over two kilometers down the slope toward the Pecos, down into Still Canyon, and up a nearly vertical climb to the cave. The climb up required the use of a rope and both hands. TAMU Anthropology archives.

Loading collection bags on the pully system at Hinds Cave. On the opposite side of Still Canyon other students awaited their turn to pull the bags across the chasm. TAMU Anthropology archives.

Bags of artifacts and matrix are amassed and waiting to be transported across Still Canyon. TAMU Anthropology archives.

Loaded sample bags on their way across Still Canyon and from there to the field camp in 1975. TAMU Anthropology archives.