Field notes, v1390
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19 June 1980 p.2 no great hurry to disappear among the rocks, the rock wrens still scolding, and joined in their scolding by a chipmunk. This was at 1300 hours- "broad daylight" We returned to camp, much and a map. Our poor, tired dogs had remained in the truck all morning. In the afternoon, around 1700 hours, I check the traps, none of which had caught anything. Then we did some vegetation transects, sitting on the flat between rock outcrops #1 and #2. While sitting on the ground recording Margaret's data, I noticed a piece of obsidian. Further search revealed more than 20 pieces, all of which showed some signs of having been worked, also a worked piece of chert, and some very old charcoal- the remains of an ancient campfire? We have never seen obsidian in our range before. We collected a small number of pieces and the chert. Many deer trails with much scat in this vicinity. Also a few tin cans. Could there have been a spring nearby? We finished the transect as it was growing dark and cold.