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In a couple of articles in American Antiquity, archaeologist Barbara Bocek ran an experiment at the Jasper Ridge site in central California. She completely excavated a 1x2 meter unit and backfilled it with clean sifted sediment. Then she went back seven years later and re-excavated the pit, discovering that prairie dogs had moved into the unit, bringing artifacts from the adjacent areas with them.
Bocek, Barbara. 1992. The Jasper Ridge re-excavation experiment: Rates of artifact mixing by rodents. American Antiquity 57(2):268.
Bocek, Barbara 1986 Rodent ecology and burrowing behavior: Predicted effects on archaeological site formation. American Antiquity 51(3):589-603.
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