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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



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Typical examples of the material from the site are illustrated in 

 figure 7. Specimens a, b, and d are diabase ; c is a flake of dark 

 brownish shale. All are altered through exposure. 



Fig. 7. — -Workshop material from left bank of the Rappahannock about 

 above Deep Run. -\ natural size. U.S.N.M. no. 373777. 



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ROGERS FORD 



Rogers Ford is a crossing of the Rappahannock just above a great 

 bend of the river. In a direct line it is 2^ miles north of Skinkers 

 Ford on the Rapidan, where once stood a large native settlement. The 

 sandy bottoms bordering the right bank of the river at Rogers Ford 

 are extensive and become much wider above than below the ford, 

 where the rising ground soon reaches to near the water. The entire 

 area was inundated during the flood of September 1934, but the 

 fields were not gullied, and the only erosion occurred for a space of 

 not more than 50 feet back from the normal bank, where the surface 

 was lowered 2 feet or more. The land on the opposite side of the 

 stream appears to be somewhat higher but it could not be reached. 



