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MONACAN TOWNS IN VIRGINIA BUSHNELL 



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region once dominated by the Siouan tribes — a region embracing the 

 \alley of the James from the falls to the mountains, where wild game 

 was alnindant and food easily procured — are to be found traces of the 

 period of Indian occupancy ; village and camp sites on the banks of 

 streams, quarries where soapstone was obtained, and innumerable 

 stone implements scattered over the surface. However, as said else- 

 where, all must not be attributed to the Monacan tribes. 



Scattered sites have been visited and examined and it is planned 

 to describe them, together with the material collected, in a subsequent 

 paper. Two localities will now be mentioned, both on the banks of 

 the Rivanna, one above, the other ])elow the site of Monasukapanough, 

 and both believed to have been in some manner related to the great 

 village. 



GARNETT SITE 



The site of the large village, believed to have been Monasuka- 

 panough, is on the banks of the South Branch of the Rivanna, the 



Fig. 7. — Double edged instrument found on the Gannett site. Natural size. 

 d'. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 350156) 



lesser North Branch joining it about 2 miles below. Some y miles 

 above this site, and i mile or more below the junction of IMoormans 

 River and Mechum River — two streams which unite to form the 

 South Branch of the Rivanna — is one of the best places for fishing 

 on the entire river. On the right bank are great masses of rock against 

 which the water flows to a depth of lo feet or more. Cliffs reach near 

 the bank on the opposite side. The water is usually clear and cold. 



