pip. ?fo!' 2^5"/" JOHN H. KERR RESERVOIR BASIN — MILLER 263 



illustrated received the major attention of the maker. On this surface 

 there is slight evidence of secondai-y chipping along the edges. 



The second point, much smaller than the one just described, is 

 thicker and of an entirely different shape. This point has a beaver- 

 tail-shaped base, sloping shoulders, and a triangular body terminat- 

 ing in a fairly sharp tip (pi. 96, q). While chipping is much cruder, 

 each chipping scar indicates that the one who made it knew what he 

 was doing and used only the very smallest number of strokes to make 

 the point. 



Overlying the sand and gravel layer were a number of crude chert 

 and rhyolite Woodland artifacts. Most of these were projectile forms 

 but a few scrapers were among them. These are illustrated in plate 

 96, a-h, j and k. With the exception of point k all were crudely made, 

 mostly by percussion. Very little secondary chipping was used to 

 complete any of these points. Point k is not only a better made arti- 

 fact but it is symmetrical in outline due to the fact that it was care- 

 fully secondarily chipped, making its outline fairly regular. 



In the very upper portion of the cultural debris there were compara- 

 tively large numbers of thin triangular projectile points of a type 

 assigned to late Woodland horizons. Both chert and quartz forms are 

 present (pi. 96) . Some are very crudely shaped, much thicker, longer, 

 and broader than the smaller and better made points. Bases are 

 either straight or slightly concave. In some instances there appears 

 to liaA^e been some attempts made to thin the basal section but this is 

 not uniform in practice. Some were secondarily chipped, best illus- 

 trated in plate 96, j. The two small points, m and n, in this same plate, 

 are complete, with the exception of a single shoulder missing from 

 blade wi, and belong to a much earlier cultural horizon. 



It will be noted that there is considerable size range among the 

 triangular points. Plate 96 illustrates both types. 



Drills are usually made of chert. Two general shapes, depend- 

 ing upon the shape of the base, were noted. One has an expanded base, 

 as illustrated in plate 96, o, and while tlie other is more on the T-shaped 

 form, plate 96, /?, it is fairly thin, having been chipped from both 

 sides forming a central ridge down the center of the artifact. 



Drilled fragments of steatite sherds were also present in the deposit. 

 A number were found throughout the upper midden deposit; 

 whether these were a form of gorget or small net sinkers, possibly 

 both, could not be accurately determined. 



TRAIT LIST 



Subsistence activity : 

 Collecting complex: 



Collecting wild nuts, berries, grass seeds, etc. 

 Hunting complex: 



Deer, rabbit, turkey 



