This Web Page is currently under construction. Thus far we have scanned 1,000 of the 10,000 slides taken during the excavation. If we are able to maintain our current pace, we will finish this web page in two years. Some of the functions, such as the gopher and the profile views, do not work yet. Please keep this in mind as you browse the page and be sure to check back to see the progress we make.
This page uses frames and javascript. You can probably get by without the Javascript, but you really do need the frames. Choose your browser accordingly.
Within this web page you will find hundreds of images from the 1981
to 1989 excavation of the Hoko Rockshelter. These images have been arranged
according to depth and location. The left frame contains the location identification
and links to the horizontal surfaces. The distance between each level is
0.05M or 5 centimeters. The right frame contains a HTML document that has
the image, several icons, and North, East, South, West directions so you
can move around the site at the depth you choose. This function requires
javascript. If the level you are trying to link to was not excavated, you
will get an URL error message and the left frame will change to the next
square over. You must then excavate down in the new square. At the bottom
of the right frame you will find several icons that are links. The "gopher"
will link you to information about
the excavators. The "magnifying glass"
will bring a close up of the level you are looking at so that you may more
closely examine the artifacts. There are also North, East, South, and West
icons at the bottom of the right frame. These allow you to look at profile
images of the walls in question.
As with anything electronic, the best way to learn it is to try it. Select one of these two links to begin the excavation.
Hoko map leading to large (1024x768) images.
Hoko map leading to small (640x480) images.
The images are scaled to fit within your browser window. Therefor the 640x480 versions can look blocky on a high-resolution screen. I suggest that those of you with large screens either use the 1024x786 version, or reduce the size of your browser window.
Note also that clicking on the eyeglass
always brings up the large 1024x768 version of the image. This view is not scaled
to the window.
Of course the large images take longer to download, but the quality improvement is generally worth the wait.
Please send all questions and comments to Audin Malmin.