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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



BLUESTONE SERIES 



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Table 7. Diwe7isions hased on 56 specimens in the collection from Bluestone 



Series, with comparative data 



COMPARATIVE DATA FROM FOLSOM SITE NO. 1 (44MC72) 



These forms exliibit special variations of a more general culture 

 that once extended all along the Eastern States and were adapted to 

 the environment of the primeval forest of the American mesolithic 

 or late paleolithic times. The cultures adapted to this environment 

 must be of an early date and of a very specialized food supply. 



It is impossible to make definite time separations as to form, since 

 no large stratigraphic deposits of cultural material have been located 

 during the time of exploration. 



People of the Late Archaic and Transitional Periods made vessels 

 or containers out of steatite and sandstone, deposits of which occur 

 both in Mecklenburg and Brunswick Counties, Va. The Mecklen- 

 burg County deposit within the Roanoke River drainage is of a bluish 

 gray color, while the Brunswick County deposit runs more to a pinkish 

 hue. This color differentiation enabled the investigators to separate 

 the various vessels made from these deposits. 



