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Site J^Ii-Had. — A small village site found on a primary terrace in a 

 wooded section of Occaneechi Island at 78°35'29'' longitude, 36°39'07'' 

 latitude was partially eroded by high water in 1940. This action 

 washed out a number of sand-tempered sherds as well as a small, 

 tapering poll greenstone celt which were found alongside one of the 

 holes. Testing showed that practically all of the site was destroyed 

 by this action. 



Coe designated this as his Va 17 site, while Harrington listed this 

 as his No. 5 site. 



WARREN COUNTY, N.C. 



Site SlWal. — On a small hill that drains into Dix Creek lay the re- 

 mains of a small flint workshop, over whose surface, for an area 

 roughly 50 feet long by 40 feet wide, were scattered a large number of 

 stone chips together with other stone breakage. No partially com- 

 pleted forms or any discards were recovered from this site. Usually 

 such forms occur rather frequently over areas where flint artifacts 

 were fashioned. Testing showed that the deposit vras confined entirely 

 to the present surface. 



VANCE COUNTY, N.C. 



Site SlVal. — In a large cornfield in Vance County, N.C, were found 

 a large number of stone chips covering an area roughly 45 feet long 

 by 30 feet wide. Upon testing, it was found that the deposit did not 

 extend below the present surface of the field. If there was any depth 

 to the original deposit, plowing action had destroyed this evidence. 

 No artifacts were found from the area, which occurred at 78°21'15" 

 longitude, 36°30'26" latitude. 



Site31Va2.—M 78°21'17'' longitude, 36°30'26" latitude was a small 

 flint workshop measuring 25 feet by 45 feet. All the deposit rested 

 directly upon the present surface of the land. 



EXCAVATIONS 



From this assemblage of sites, a number of key sites were set aside 

 for excavation, since they represented the total aboriginal time cover- 

 age within the reservoir limits. 



In an earlier article (Miller, 1947) the following sites were recom- 

 mended for excavation— 44Mc7, 44MclO, 44Mcl4, 44MclO, 44Mc21, 

 44Mc53, 44Mc66, 44Mc72, and 44Ha7; the following sites were recom- 

 mended to be trenched— 44Mcl7, 44Mcl8, 44Mc50, 44Mc64, 44Hal, 

 44na2, 44na5, 44Ha6, and 44ITaO. Owing to conditions beyond 

 the control of the writer, not all these sites were investigated. Later, 

 when time came to investigate these sites, a number had been destroyed 

 by constructional activities, others by reservoir clearance, while high 

 water within the reservoir area made it impossible to investigate still 

 others. 



