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the site had hroken them and scattered their contents. In this regard 

 it is significant that in 1927 or 1928 Sr. Luis R. Diaz, of Oak Ridge, 

 found a small carved head of green talc at this site. This turbaned 

 head is practically identical with one found by us in an offertory 

 vessel near French Harbor (see pi. 11, /). Mr. Bird obtained a 

 photograph of this specimen, which was in the finder's possession. 

 Since one party at least had removed material from site i, it is prob- 

 able that it had been disturbed several times before either Bird or 

 our party visited it. That it was an ofl^ertory rather than a dwelling 

 site, however, seems well borne out by an analysis of the remaining 

 material. 



Site 2 



Having completed our examination of the main site we accompanied 

 our guides to some caves on the west shore of the eastern arm of 

 Jonesville Bight (see site 2, map, fig. 10). These are located about 

 half a mile northeast of the landing place, up on the side of the hill. 

 They consist of a series of clefts in the face of a vertical cliff. Fallen 

 slabs have wedged into these splits, and one can crawl beneath these, in 

 one place for about 50 feet. Several crevices converge at one point into 

 what might properly be called a cave, but evidences of human occu- 

 pation were of the slightest. We found one sherd of coarse red pottery 

 near the entrance but nothing else. The floor was covered by a layer 

 of sandy dust, in places perhaps 4 feet deep. We sank a pit to a 

 depth of 3 feet in one corner and encountered animal bones at about 

 2 feet but no ashes, artifacts, or other evidences of occupation. It is 

 possible that complete excavations here might be rewarded, but our 

 superficial examination was not promising. Bird examined this site 

 in 193 1 but found nothing. Local people report that on top of this 

 hill, locally known as Marble Hill, is a large cave 30 feet deep that 

 must be reached by the use of ropes. No human evidence was reported 

 from here and we did not examine it. 



FRENCH HARBOR 



Our discoveries in this vicinity, although entirely accidental, were 

 perhaps the most important on the entire trip. No sites had been 

 reported at French Harbor (see map, fig. i) and we called there 

 primarily to obtain gasoline and mail from the mainland. While we 

 were waiting for the arrival of the schooner bringing these supplies, 

 an acquaintance was formed with Ogilvy G. Dixon, a long-time resident 



