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latter, have been obtained nearby. The specimens ilkistrated on this 

 plate are very characteristic of the region. 



Plate 8. — Arrowpoints of chert, jasper, and other materials are 

 shown in the upper part of the plate. They include a large variety of 

 forms, and it is believed that many of these were brought from a dis- 

 tance ; probably very few were made here. A drill and several pieces 

 that may have been knives are included. Three triangular points are 

 shown at the left on the lower line, these being the only examples of 

 this type discovered on the site. Of the three, two are made of chert 

 and one of a light-colored, fine-grained quartzite. As mentioned else- 

 where, it is evident that points of this type were not used by hunters, 

 and the belief that they may have tipped the arrows of the warrior 

 rather than those of the hunter is suggested by the discovery, made 

 some years ago, of a human vertebra in which a chert point of this 



Fig. 3. — Specimen made of white quartz, from the Oliver site. Natural 

 size. Surface and edges within the broken line are smooth and polished. 

 (U.S.N.M. No. 364575.) 



form is deeply embedded. Similar specimens have been found in 

 other parts of the country. This was recovered from a grave near 

 Gala, Botetourt County, Va., about 1893 (U.S.N.M. No. 169663). 



Nine small quartzite blades are shown at the bottom of the plate. 

 Several of these may have been used as scrapers. 



Evidence of a small encampment has been revealed on the slope a 

 hundred yards or more from the left bank of the South Branch of the 

 Hardware, about midway between the junction of the branches and 

 the Red Hill School. This is within the area referred to as the Oliver 

 site. In addition to numerous arrowpoints and other small chipped 

 objects found nearby were several axes, two of which are shown in 

 plate 9, a and e. Both are typical specimens, although the latter, e, is 

 exceptionally well proportioned and very symmetrical and shows no 

 effect of use. Another object, one of great interest, was discovered 

 on the site. It is part of a large bannerstone and was found a few 



