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and shaded along the banks by overhanging trees. Just below this 

 point a small creek flows into the Rivanna from the right or south. 

 Evidences of a camp have been discovered near the creek, but whether 

 it was large or small cannot be determined as the land has been culti- 

 vated for many years and the surface has often been covered by the 

 waters of the river. Many objects of stone and some fragments of 

 pottery have been found. The material is identical with that collected 

 from the surface at Monasukapanough, which suggests that this may 

 have been a fishing camp belonging to the people of the large village. 

 The characteristic chipped ax- or celt-like implements are found here 

 and the arrowheads are typical. One specimen from the site is quite 

 rare. A small double edged chisel or celt, made of greenstone, 3I 

 inches in length. It is shown exact size in figure 7. 



This is a beautiful spot, secluded and well protected, and could have 

 been reached by canoe from the large settlement down the river. 



MOON SITE 



Jefferson described the mound which he examined as being on the 

 low grounds of the Rivanna " about two miles above its principal fork." 

 The " principal fork " is now known as the North Branch. Where 

 the two branches unite the main stream bends and flows in a more 

 southerly course. A wide bottom on the right extends far above and 

 lielow the mouth of the North Branch, on the opposite side, but this 

 is quite low and consequently often overflowed. Traces of an encamp- 

 ment were discovered liear the south end of the low ground, back from 

 the river where the surface begins to rise. Several stone implements, 

 bits of ix»ttery, and a single fragment of a well-finished soapstone 

 vessel were found scattered over the surface. Also many chips of 

 white quartz, and larger masses of the same from which smaller 

 pieces had been broken. Two small, crudely made, grooved imple- 

 ments were found on the higher ground not far from the residence. 

 They are typical examples of the widely distributed form shown in 

 plate 6. 



High rugged clifl:'s rise a short distance from the left bank of the 

 river, opposite the southern pzvt of the low grounds on the Moon 

 plantation. Quantities of white quartz encountered here may have 

 been one source of material for the making of arrowheads, and the 

 pieces discovered on the Moon site had probably been carried across 

 the stream from this outcropping. The cliffs and low grounds on the 

 left side of the river are heavily timbered and with much undergrowth, 

 and as a consequence it is very difficult to discover any traces of 

 Indian occupancy. 



