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the 266-foot contour, had been farmed a number of years ago but 

 at this time it was covered over with wild hay. Numerous chips were 

 noted and a few fragmentary projectile points were recovered. This 

 site had all the characteristics of a preceramic campsite combined 

 with those of a flint workshop. Piles of broken stones containing 

 traces of charcoal rested upon fire-burned areas that were sterile of 

 any ceramic remains. Chips of stone were rather plentiful in the 

 plow zone, but the underlying material completely lacked any trace 

 of cultural deposits. 



All of the other sites listed as belonging to this category conformed 

 very closely to the pattern set forth in the sites described above. 



The fragmentary remains of three Archaic celts were recovered 

 from the deposits within MMc72 (Field specimens Nos. 3-876, 877, 

 and 2055). These are characterized as having tapering poll ends, 

 which are blunt and are oval in cross section. All have smoothed sur- 

 faces but none are polished. No blade sections were recovered. All 

 are of the typical Archaic and Early Woodland types and are asso- 

 ciated with maii}^ of the dart and arrow points represented in this site. 



Cupstones, nutting stones, or anvils vary in size from those about the 

 size of a man's fist to fairly large blocks. None of the stone is pur- 

 posely worked or shaped. One or more surfaces may bear small sau- 

 cer-shaped depressions of various depths. The stone chosen for this 

 purpose varied from a granitic base to a highly, heavily crystalized 

 blackish stone. Similar objects have been recovered in the past from 

 Archaic and Early Woodland sites. 



A number of thick-walled steatite vessel sherds were recovered from 

 sites 44Mc66, 44Mc72, 44Mc53, and 44Mc75. Those that displayed run 

 sections were either rounded or flat in outline. Handles occurred as 

 horizontal knobs whose shape varied from romid to flat-oval and oc- 

 cupied a position adjacent to or below the rim of the vessel. Vessel 

 shape varied from round to oval, while the depth varied from shallow 

 to rather deep. Evidence of tooling on the exterior is the rule rather 

 than the exception, but the interiors were well smoothed. 



Steatite was also utilized in the construction of gorgets, fragments 

 of which were recovered from 44Mc73. One outstanding example is 

 a roughly diamond-shaped specimen with double perforations made 

 by drilling from either side. A number of crude lines were engraved 

 upon one of the surfaces, but it is next to impossible to determine if 

 any design was intended. 



A single fragmentary slate pendant (No. 1223) was recovered, and 

 it, like the steatite gorget, bore engraved marks. From this section it 

 is evident that some sort of a diamond-shaped design was intended. 



A series of stone artifacts occurs on and in sites that are later than 

 those recognized as being paleo-American and earlier than the as- 

 semblage of artifacts associated with pottery making. These forms. 



