Artifact analysis
Explanation of artifact numbers
Every artifact has at least four numbers:
- Project code (2, for Earhart Project).
- Expedition number (2, for second expedition).
- Site identifier (V = village; S = Seven Site).
- Chronological identifier (order of entry into catalog: 1, 2, 3 ...)
If the artifact is in several pieces we add a slash number for each piece. The shoe eyelet, for example, is 2-2-G (for grave site)-7/6 (the shoe was the seventh artifact found in the area, of which the eyelet was the sixth fragment found).
Expedition numbers
- Niku I (1989)
- Niku II (1991)
- Niku IIIP (1996)
- Niku III (1997)
- Niku IIIIP (1999)
- Niku IIII (2001)
- Niku VP (WOF--2003)
- Niku V (2007)
Selected artifacts
- Sixteen interesting items found on Niku.
- "Help Wanted: Smelling for Gunsmoke."
- "Join the Search."--items you may be able to help locate or identify.
| Expedition | ID Number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Niku II | 2-2-G-7/1-9 | parts of a woman's shoe, Cat's Paw repair heel |
| Niku II | 2-2-V-1 | Alclad aluminum sheet |
| Niku IIIP | 2-3-V-1 | Cables |
| Niku IIIP | 2-3-V-2 | Transparent Sheet (plexiglass) |
| Niku IIII | 2-6-S-45 | oil can cap (not a knob) |
| Niku IIII | 2-6-S-03a and 2-6-S-03b | little clips |
| remnants of riveted can |