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caneeclii Island, were the remains of a village site (pi. 13) . Test pits 

 showed that the first 10 inches contained nothing but modern white 

 man's debris. Below this was a very thin layer not more than an inch 

 thick in which a few aboriginal potsherds occurred in clean river sand. 

 Immediately below this was a thin layer of clean river-deposited sand 

 and beneath this was a 10-inch layer, slightly gray in color, that con- 

 tained a number of sand-tempered sherds in association with wood 

 ash and bits of charcoal. Below this for an indetermined depth was 

 clean, sterile, river sand. 



Coe's designation of this site was Va 13, while Harrington's list 

 called this his No. 1 site. 



Site JfJi.Ha6. — About a mile from the entrance onto Occaneechi 

 Island were the remains of the old ToUifero house. The foundations, 

 chimney, and parts of the superstructure were still standing at the 

 time of the survey and subsequent excavation. The dwelling stood 

 upon the remains of an old village site. Testing showed that the area 

 had never been cultivated and that a very shallow humus layer cov- 

 ered the Indian deposit. From the various tests and later excavation 

 a number of sand-tempered sherds were recovered along with the 

 usual manifestations of long habitation. This village probably occu- 

 pied an area 250 feet long by about 85 feet wide. 



Neither the University of North Carolina nor the various National 

 Park Service surveys indicated the presence of this site. 



Site JfIf,FIa7. — Along the ridge of a narrow sandy primary terrace 

 lay the remains of an old village site. The site was surrounded and 

 overgrown by trees. It was pointed out to the writer by A. E. Keeton 

 of Clarksville, Va. 



Mr. Keeton reported that the site was dug into from time to time 

 by local collectors, Troops of Boy Scouts, and from out of State pot- 

 hunters. A number of "relics" were found and the "loot" widely dis- 

 persed. What was actually uncovered during these endeavors could 

 not be determined, as no one really knew w^hat had come from this 

 site. 



The site was badly pitted by freshet action and a few sand-tempered 

 sherds were found scattered around these pits and in material from 

 the various diggings inserted into the site. 



Site IflfHaS. — Outside of the reservoir area and on a number of small 

 adjacent knolls, which had been planted in tobacco, were the remains 

 of a large flint workshop or prepottery site. Here a number of blades 

 were found that resemble those usually associated with prepottery 

 sites in North Carolina and Georgia. Most of the points were either 

 quartzite or chert and fashioned by percussion flaking. Since this 

 site was well outside of the reservoir area and there was no danger 

 of its being destroyed by reservoir action, no great amount of time 

 was expended upon it. 



