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the Gary Stemmed, the Jeffres, and the Skipwith points. Bell and 

 Hall (1953, p. 322) indicated: 



The most typical Scott site projectile point is made of quartzite, is large in 

 size, rather crude in workmanship and is represented by shape type 3b (figs. 

 94, 97). The few obvious differences were those in shape types and sizes. In 

 general, the Scott site points are crudely made, probably because of the material ; 

 occasionally, however, good quality workmanship is found in all levels of the 

 midden. . . . There is a general impression that the tapered stemmed forms 

 grouped under shape type 3 become less broad and less irregular in outline as 

 one progresses from lower to upper levels. 



They (ibid., p. 331) concluded that 



Excavations at the Scott site suggest that the Fourche Maline focus as it has 

 been recognized is either not a single complex or that it existed with some modi- 

 fications over a long period of time from an Archaic prepottery period through 

 early Woodland, and possibly longer. At the present time, it is not possible to 

 clearly differentiate time or cultural differences because of inadequate data. 



At a number of Early Man sites, 44Mc53, 44Mc66, 44Mc72, 44Mc73, 

 and 44Mc75, there was an admixture of Early Man and Archaic re- 

 mains. At 44Mc72 we recovered the tapering- poll ends of three large 

 archaic celts; a fine-grained sandstone specimen was so badly bat- 

 tered by the aborigines that both the blade section was missing and the 

 poll end fractured, and only a central portion remained. All speci- 

 mens are oval in cross section, and in general outline are smoothed 

 rather than polished. All are typically archaic and were associated 

 with many of the dart and other points. 



There also occurred a number of cupstones having one or more small 

 shallow saucer-shaped indentations. The stones themselves were un- 

 worked or rather not shaped, and the materials varied from granitic 

 to a heavily crystalized blackish stone. Many of these cupstones are 

 about the size of a man's fist, while others are much larger. Similar 

 specimens have been recovered in the past from Archaic and Early 

 Woodland sites. 



Then, a number of thick-Avalled steatite vessel sherds occurred, prin- 

 cipally at sites 44Mc53, 44Mc66, 44Mc72, and 44Mc75. Rims were 

 either rounded or flat in outline, and horizontal knobs, which served 

 as handles, varied in shape from round to flat-oval. These knobular 

 handles were either immediately adjacent to or below the rim of the 

 vessel. Vessel shape varied from round to oval and in depth from 

 shallow to deep. It is usual for tool marks to appear on the exteriors 

 but the interiors were well smoothed. 



Steatite was also used in the construction of gorgets ; a number of 

 fragmentary gorgets were recovered from 44Mc7 (pi. 49). One out- 

 standing example occurred in the form of a roughly diamond-shaped 

 form having central perforations, which were made by drilling fi^om 

 either side. Such holes were probably threaded for the suspension 



