site (REECo 48) to twist out the core cutters. Sometimes (REECo 49) you just have to go to it, and if this happened, then the criteria scheme came into action later. As the cores were taken, each increment was recorded in the bound notebook (REECo 50), and its history was written right there as you did it, not after you had done seven of them, or all 10, and were back in a motel, but as each of the forty core increments was taken, the notes were made in the book. This (REECo 51) wasn't really how we found many places. had two cases out of a thousand We probably increment cores where this arose. The 10 problem is that there is no problem getting the core cutter out. il just come right out, but nothing comes with it and so the solution there 12 (REECo 52) 13 water around the cookie cutter to maintain the integrity of the hole we 14 were making and some water into the cookie cutter itself, let it infiltrate 15 for a short period of time, and then (REECo 53) go in from the other end of 16 the cookie cutter and take the sample out with a spatula from the top. 17 Fortunately, we didn't have a great many of those, but it is possible. is to pour some water on it. It will We would pour a small amount of Sometimes you could get the feeling when you started to lift on the 18 19 core cutter that nothing was coming with it. 20 back in and tamp the soil (REECo 54) that was supposed to have been coming 21 up. 22 we could resort to wetting it (REECo 55) and tamping it. 23 Usually we could get it. In those cases we would go If you had a super-reluctant specimen, then In terms of data recording (REECo 56), I have already shown you the 24 card in the baggy that has a full description of the increment including 25 those persons who are later to be considered either heroes or villains and 26 the date on which they made the collection. 27 the large specimen bag on top of that small baggy, 28 description (REECo 57) with almost the same information that is on the card 116 The soil is poured right into and we write another