pip. I^!' 2?]''" JOHN H. KERR RESERVOIR BASIN — ^MILLER 203 



Fragments of sheet mica, some as wide as the palm of one's hand, 

 were found not only in the village midden but as a part of various mid- 

 den fills. None showed any evidence of having been cut or shaped, 

 nor were there holes for attachments. Mica never occurred in asso- 

 ciation with burials nor was it ever found in grave fills. 



CHIPPEI) STONE 



Chipped stone objects were manufactured principally from chert, 

 argillite, quartz, and quartzite (pi. 77). Some are crudely fashioned 

 but others display very fine chipping, demonstrating a mastery of the 

 medium from which they were made. We found that both the large, 

 crudely chipped and the smaller, flaked projectile points are present. 

 The cruder, larger chert points were usually found in the lowest levels 

 of the midden while the smaller, finer, thinner, isosceles forms of 

 quartz and quartzite, were derived from the uppermost level. There 

 was a slight commingling of these types in the upper middle layers 

 of the midden as well as with certain burials. Among the chert forms 

 are the lanceolot, stemmed, and large triangular varieties. A number 

 of these are illustrated in plate 64, a-h. 



The stemmed variety includes the corner-notched, parallel-stemmed, 

 either the straight- or concave-based types (pi. 64, A), and the side- 

 notched straight- or slightly concave-based varieties (pi. 64, k). At 

 no time in the occupation of this site were projectile points numerous. 



From our study of the recovered specimens, it appears that the 

 steps taken in the manufacture of points consisted of the following : 

 first a spall or large flake, in the chert and argillite forms, was struck 

 from a core. This was utilized as the basis for the projectile point, 

 as is evidenced by the bulb of percussion still present on one surface 

 of the point. After the point was roughed into shape by percussion, 

 pressure flaking was used to even the edges and to give the point a 

 sharper, keener edge. 



Usually, the argillite forms are long, slender, and thick in cross 

 section. Similar forms have been termed "fish spears" in earlier re- 

 ports. Chipping is crude and only the very necessary strokes were 

 used to fashion the crude stone into the desired tool. This is best 

 shown in the form illustrated in plate 64, j, Z, while d shows a much 

 finer tool created a further retouching of the edges. Whether I was 

 intended as a "fish spear" or a knife cannot be determined. Bases 

 are roughly fashioned and rounded as shown in b, g, A, ^, n, and o. 

 Somewhat resembling this same shape are two quartz examples illus- 

 trated in plate 77, a and d. In plate 77, 5 is a fine example of a quartz 

 laiife in which the cutting blade is convex while the back of the knife 

 is nearly flat. 



Early Woodland forms are represented in plate 64, li-p, and in 

 plate 77, a-h. Late Woodland forms still within the prehistoric hori- 



