NO. 8 



MANAHOAC TRIBES IN VIRGINIA BUSHNELL 



may be centuries older than others. Typical examples are illustrated 

 in plate 6. One triangular point with a concave base, made of black 

 chert, was found near the river bank. It is known that quantities of 

 points of many types and sizes have been found scattered o\ev the 

 surface during past years, and the same is true of larger objects. 

 Undoubtedly one or more burial mounds once stood nearby. 



The four stone artifacts also illustrated in plate 6 are believed to 

 have been made and used during an early period of occupancy. The 

 surfaces of all are deeply weathered and have become so worn and 

 smoothed that it is often difficult to distinguish where flakes had been 



Fig. 5. — Specimens from the Forest Hall site, i natural size. 



removed. Specimens of this class have been very numerous on the 

 site, and the outlines of 1 1 examples are given in figure 5. These 

 vary greatly in size and must necessarily have served dififerent pur- 

 poses — some as weapons, others as implements. Some larger and 

 others smaller than any illustrated have been found. All are made of 

 diabasic rocks. 



Examples of grooved axes and celts found on the site are shown in 

 plate 7. These resemble more closelv the artifacts found on sites 

 along the Potomac than those usually encountered west of the falls 

 of the Rappahannock. All are attributed to a later period, and the 

 difiference between these and the four specimens illustrated in plate 6 

 is very apparent. 



