NO. 12 



MONACAN TOWNS IN VIRGINIA BUSHNELL 



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Fragments of two banner stones were found. Both are made of the 

 same material, a Hght greenish-gray talc schist. The larger piece repre- 

 sents about one-half of the entire specimen. As restored it is shown in 

 figure 6, full size. 



The majority of the arrowheads recovered from the surface of 

 the site are made of the white quartz which is so plentiful throughout 

 the region. And of these more than one-half are of the simple tri- 

 angular type, without notches. Many are roughly made. Examples 

 are presented in plate 9, figure 2. 



Two specimens are illustrated on this plate in addition to the quartz 

 points. Plate 9, figure i, a, is a pitted hammer stone made of quartzite 

 greatly weathered. On it are two pits, on opposite sides. The second 



Fig. 6. — Banner stone as restored. Found on the site of Monasukapanough. 



Natural size. 



(U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. Nq^. 350135) 



specimen, b, is smooth and worn; material, quartzite; thickness if 

 inches. This may have been a chukey stone, used in the game, although 

 its shape suggests a muller, or tmino stone, which could have been used 

 in conjunction with a mortar of the form shown in plate lo, figure 2. 

 This mortar was discovered near the center of the site; material, 

 coarse sandstone which occurs on the hill just east of the low ground ; 

 extreme length of slab of stone I5|- inches ; depth of depression i inch. 



USE OF SOAPSTONE 



A small object made of soapstone has already been described. Three 

 fragments of vessels made of the same material have been found on 

 the surface, but no trace of a tobacco pipe or of an ornament of any 

 sort has been encountered. However, there is proof that small pieces 

 of the stone were worked into shape. It is evident bits of the stone 



