



Figure 12. — Colono-Indian cup excavated at Williamsburg which is comparable 

 to a fragment from Timer's Xeck (fig. 18, no. 17). Height. 3's in. 



a few garbage bones and oystershells had been spread 

 around the site in the course of the bulldozing. Bones 

 In m the pits comprised the usual range of ox, pig, 

 and doer remains that are to be found amid the 

 iage of most colonial sites. A group of the less 

 M'uliK identifiable bones were submitted to the 

 Smithsonian Institution for examination and the 

 following identifications were provided: 



Left humerus, wild duck, (white-winged scoter, Melanitta 

 Ian ii), I rom I.N. 17. 



I 1 1 .ii l.i of pig {Stu scrofa), domestic. From T.N. 17. 



Shalt of humerus, domestic goose. From T.N. 22. 



Mandible of possum {Didelphh sp. marsupialis, subsp. 

 virginiana), edible. From T.N. 22. 



Mandible of "marine gar," or needlefish, of the Belonidae 

 family, probably Strongylvra marina (Walbaum), a very 

 Common sea fish in this area, which runs in fresh water, 



frequendy eaten. From T.N. 24. 



niiination were specimens from 

 Nop shells, which were plentiful in 

 I >. and examples of mussel and clam shells 

 I he identifications were as follows: 



Fresh water mussel of a type eaten by the Indians, Elliptio 



complanatus. From T.N. 18. 

 Fossil clam, Glycymeris sp. From T.N. 18. 

 Fossil scallop of a variety no longer living in this area. 



From T.N. 22. 



The identification of the scallop as being fossil was 

 somewhat surprising in view of the prevalence of such 

 shells in Pits C and D. However, it should be noted 

 that Pit E (T.N. 24) contained a fragment of fossil 

 whale rib. Such bones are plentiful in the Tidewater 

 marl beds and are frequently found on the shores of 

 the James and York Rivers. 



The Artifacts 



TOBACCO PIPES 



Pipes (fig. 14) were not plentiful, no more than 100 

 fragments being found in any one deposit. The 

 datable bowls and fragments of pipes closely followed 

 the site's two periods as indicated by the various 

 refuse pits; that is, examples from Pits A and B date 

 from around 1700-1720, and those from the rest of 

 the pits are of types loosely attributed to the period 



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