The Dig Matures (I)

The Byron Dig was now widely known, and it had caught the attention of scholars who studied the changing faunas, floras, cultures, and environments that followed the glacial withdrawal from northeastern North America. The 1987 season drew about fifty volunteers; by 1990, we were more than one hundred. This period brought in many people who would become regulars for decades to come. It also saw volunteers from as far afield as Poland, England, and Finland. Not surprisingly, the significant participation of Canadian scientists in the Smith Symposium brought large numbers of their countrymen—professionals, students, and other regular folk—to