Photos and comments from Susan Hoffman (Click on the thumbnail to see a larger copy of the picture.)

The day begins	The open grave	The grave digger	Another scoop of soil
Charlie descends	Charlie inspects the site	Inspecting the end	It takes 3 to watch
End of coffin	Careful Charlie that is a big stone!	Slowly scraping away . . .	. . . to expose the wood
Edge becoming exposed	Charles look	Left edge now exposed	Colleagues confer
Edges exposed	Following the progress	Documenting	Water keeps coming in
Giving details	A break	Careful and slow goes Charlie	Close-up of edge and end
Close-up of edge	A break	Coffin form showing	Dr. Rogers' close inspection
Brad begins the work	Water creeping in again	Taking a look	Caswell Monument above grave
Shovel used to slice layers of dirt	Hard working team	An unusual shape seen	Do you see the square?
Charlie looks on	Bucket brigaide	Careful Charlie	Inspecting the soil
Closer inspection	Documenting	Where does it end?	Ed Williams and Keats in background
Recovery container	Surveying the coffin	The team chats	Removing wood piece
Wood now exposed	Close up of wood	Exposure of coffin	Marking something found
Removing possible object	Coffin exposed	Details of coffin	Coffin bottom
Southern Yellow Pine coffin bottom	Charlie and Brad remove a piece of wood	Charlie looks under wood	Nothing is found
Documenting the wood	Can this hold a clue?	Brad Rogers & Keats Sparrow*

* The piece of wood shown in the last photo is reburied, some bags of soil, the clump with a possible artifact and a small round object are the only things taken away from the site with the permission of those family members present.

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