An Unexplored Realm in the Heartland of the Southern Gulf ... - Famsi

The average depth of any observed ancient cultural material along the exposed cut
bank extended to about 2.5 m from the present surface (Figure 5.4). Below this lens of
cultural material is a substratum of sedimentary deposits creating a vertical wall ranging
from 7 m to 12 m in height. In order to access the upper portion of the embankment, I
constructed a harness with a supplemental safety line and lowered co-director Hernández
over the edge to conduct the profiling (Figure 5.5 and 5.6).
Figure 5.4. View to the west of cut bank in Field 7. The cultural material is
outlined in red and is limited to upper 2.5 m of profile.
Figure 5.5. View to the west during the profiling of segment 1A
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