Besides the bones, engraved stones, and quantities of chipped stone artifacts Gault is noteworthy for the new information gained from certain of the stone tools. Several kinds of tools are previously unreported or rarely reported from Clovis sites. Microscopic use wear on blades indicates the cutting of meat as well as grass or cane. These will be spread out in some eight or ten areas of the site. In addition, a small crew will work in the fill of a small sinkhole on the valley wall near the edge of the site.
Several objectives guide the planned fieldwork.
Throughout the investigations of 1991 and 1998-2000, archeological and geological inquiry have been integrated in order to better understand the prehistoric human ecology of the site. This stance will continue through the field school. We hope to better determine what changes in the natural environment as well as what cultural changes, if any, occurred within the Clovis time span at this site. More excavation is planned in and around the isolated knapping feature to learn more about this activity area, it is also anticipated that other horizontally-limited activity areas may be discovered that would add important details to our understanding of Clovis life ways. One of the greatest potentials of the Gault Site is to yield large samples of stone tools and the debris from their manufacture.