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portant pieces are often left on inundated archaeological sites by
those who are ‘type! searching and (2) the original location of
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artifacts is not remembered by those who heave a collection of any

numerical size and bring nome teverything'’. Those collectors who

are selective in the types of artifacts they collect and who have

small collections, usually remember the exact location of each and
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we tried educating several

local collectors as to-proper colle particularly
those with fairly large collections. An alphasetic-numeric system
was proposed as a temporary procedure for recording artifact locat-
ions. For example, for sites visited by collectors in the Burton —
area we suggested assigning tne designation: 'Bt, for the Edgewood
area: ‘fh, for t kuso area: ‘'N', ete. For specific sites |
collected in these areas we sugzested numbers be assigned to each
ite according to various schemes. Thus, 'Braceys' might be given

the designation: ‘tHIt, MeCombes Field: 'tH2! ete. We then: informed
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collectors how to label artifacts according to this system using

ink and clear nail volish. Two local collectors, Keith Edgell and
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Marvel Milne, both of Edgewood, had developed a similar system prior

to our visit to the Arrow Lakes.
The end resuit of amateur collecting has been:

{1) The total surface remova
selected disturbed s

(2) Negligible to moderate destruction of existing
- archaeological sites through dig es.

(3) Desire to go to otner carts of the province to
collect.