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CONTENTS 



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Foreword xv 



Introduction 1 



Reconnaissance and survey 1 



Reservoir location and character 3 



Geomorphology 4 



Physiographic environment of the Roanoke River Valley 4 



Geologj'^ 5 



Topography 6 



Drainage 6 



Soil 7 



Historical and ethnological aspect 7 



Survey report 21 



Site descriptions 21 



Mecklenburg County, Va 21 



Charlotte County, Va 32 



Halifax County, Va 33 



Warren County, N.C 36 



Vance County, N.C 36 



Excavations 36 



Early Man in Virginia 38 



Microlithic industry 63 



Intermediate stone industry 66 



Large-stone industry 91 



Techniques 94 



Archaic Horizon 109 



Quartz industry 122 



Triangular points 124 



Discussion 126 



Projectile characteristics 128 



Ceramics 133 



Hyco River component (44Ha7) 134 



Methodology 134 



Nature of the deposits 135 



Burials 136 



Stone artifacts 136 



Chipped-stone artifacts 137 



Pottery making 137 



Binomial system of type nomenclature 138 



Vessel shapes 138 



Classification of pottery 139 



Hyco Plain 141 



Hyco Fabric-Marked 142 



Hyco Cord-Wrapped Paddle 142 



Hyco Coarse Net-Impressed 143 



Hyco Simple-Stamped 144 



Hyco Combed 144 



Trait list 148 



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