Evidence of Paleoindian to Late Woodland occupation was recorded at the site and statistical analyses of grain-size data was conducted on the stratified deposits. Aeolian sands are the artifact bearing Holocene deposits and the underlying marine muds and sands are Pleistocene in age. The pedogenic horizons developed within aeolian sands through pedogenesis. Data recovery from features within the Holocene aeolian sands. At this site the statistical data was used to determine the environmental setting in which the archaeological deposits were formed and assist in defining vertical site boundaries.
Skewness measures the characteristics of the finest and coarsest particles in a deposit.
The archaeological deposits were formed in aeolian sands that accumulated on this terrace during the Holocene. Deposition was dominated by wind blown sand and silt and was periodically reworked by storm surge floodwaters during hurricane events. Test unit profile at site showing pedogenic horizons developed in the aeolian sands. The pedogenic horizons shown on the statistical plots are Bt-Horizons. In early to mid Holocene, this site was used by Late Paleoindian and Early Archaic peoples as an elevated terrace adjacent to the river.