 Ashley accepted this position and discontinued her official studies at Columbia.While working for Emory, Ashley, along with Frank T. Schnell Sr., performed significant excavations at Lockett Mound, now known as the Neisler site (9Tr1), located near the Flint River.Ashley and Schnell spent three weeks at Neisler, performing major trench excavation atop the mound and surveying 250 test units.