[Various (1967)] The maximum width of the area showing evidence of occupation is approximately 300' at the east end of the site, where the adjoining land slopes upward. This width, however, rapidly diminished to about 100' at the center of the site. The length of the site is approximately 600 feet. The nearly level top of the promontory is, and has been for many years, in pasture. On the precipitous north and south slopes are located seven refuse deposits now nearly exhausted of all artifacts save a few small potsherds. A refuse-bearing area of the hilltop was selected for excavation on the assumption that refuse would naturally accumulate within and around house sites. A grid of 10 squares was then staked out over the area.
Since the 8" to 15" topsoil layer had been totally disturbed by previous plowing, it was removed fairly quickly with spades, although refuse-bearing patches were carefully sifted through a 1/4" mesh. When the yellow sandy-clay subsoil was reached in a square, it was scraped clean with trowels in order to reveal postmolds and other features. An initial 10' square was excavated in a particularly dark-stained area of topsoil. Here potsherds, refuse bone, and broken artifacts were found in profusion, but as the subsoil revealed no postmolds or associated features such as hearths or pits, a 5' wide exploratory trench was extended westward.