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Woodland occurred consistently, as well as early point types, the 

 latter regularly consisting of the decomposed flint first described 

 from the Macon area by Kelly. 



1HE51, a site in Alabama at the junction of Hardridge Creek and 

 the Chattahoochee Kiver, 2.5 miles above the dam axis, was tested 

 by six 10-foot squares, ranging in depth down to 5 feet. The pre- 

 dominant occupation there was Early Woodland, with fiber-tempered, 

 Deptford, and Swift Creek pottery types recognized. However, no 

 productive pit area was located. A number of large, heavy-stemmed 

 projectile points, again in the decomposed flint characteristic of the 

 Archaic in this area, were recovered from the deeper levels. Several 

 less important sites near Hardridge Creek were tested by from one 

 to six 10-foot squares, to obtain a broad spectrum sample of the range 

 of pottery in the area. One site, 1HE56, yielded a number of sherds of 

 all-over fingernail-incised pottery, the only site where this specialty 

 has risen to a significant frequency. 



Somewhat farther north, between White Oak and Cheneyhatchee 

 Creeks, another series of sites was tested in order to check on ex- 

 posures of Chattahoochee Brushed pottery, since a Late Creek village, 

 Okitiyakni, had supposedly been somewhere in the general area. 

 1BR46, 47, and 2A were found to yield significant amounts of 

 brushed pottery, and one area of pits was located at 46. There a large 

 fragment of a restorable pot, which agrees closely with published 

 descriptions of the Late Creek ware from the Southeast and from 

 Oklahoma, was found in direct association with trade metal. Eleven 

 squares in all were dug at these sites, but no structural remains were 

 identified. Eight 10-x-lO-foot squares were dug at five other nearby 

 locations, but information recovered was less important. One site 

 at the south side of Barbour Creek (IBRIO) was checked by four 

 10-x-lO-f oot squares, and consistently found to yield Gulf Woodland 

 forms, some in direct association with a level of basin-shaped hearths. 

 One of the latter was filled with irregular fist-sized fragments of 

 burned clay, possibly fired for use as cooking "stones" or to provide 

 pottery temper. 



In November 1960 an immediate salvage job became necessary on 

 Hatcheechubbee Creek, in Russell County, Ala., some 17 miles north 

 of Eufaula, where a highway relocation project was destroying an 

 Early Woodland site, 1RU74. Known as the Kite site, it was dis- 

 covered in 1959 by Sergeant David W. Chase. It lay on a point of 

 terrace between the creek and a small unnamed spring branch from 

 the north. There four 10-foot squares were laid out parallel to the 

 right-of-way and taken down to depths up to 5 feet. The upper 

 layers yielded several types of Early Woodland sherds of the Dept- 

 ford and Swift Creek series, and a considerable range of thick fiber- 

 tempered sherds (Stallings, Orange) was obtained at slightly lower 



