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yond the limits of the pottery-bearing layers. It was 1.2 feet in 

 diameter and only 0.8 foot in depth. It appeared as a circular spot 

 surrounded by clean yellowish-colored sand making the feature very 

 noticeable. Upon investigation we found that it was filled with a 

 heavily carbonized sand in conjunction with 18 fire-broken and/or 

 cracked rocks. There was nothing else in it. This appears to have 

 been one of their cooking pits. 



The other feature was located 20 feet northwest of the pit. Here 

 we located the remnants of a schistose slate pavement. It was com- 

 posed of 97 slabs of varying sizes. In overall length it measured 5.3 

 feet and at its widest it measured 4.8 feet. It was found at a depth of 

 2.7 feet from the present surface. After being completely uncovered, 

 we found that it had been partially destroyed by the sinking of a sub- 

 sequent pit. The pit originated at a depth of 1.6 feet below the pres- 

 ent surface and penetrated to a depth of 4.5 feet below the present 

 surface. This pit has a slightly larger opening than our first one 

 in that it measured a little over 2.0 feet in diameter. Like our first 

 pit it contained only the darkened soil and bits of charcoal but no 

 rocks or any artifacts. Going deeper we found a layer of fairly large 

 river-worn stones which once lay in the old channel of the river. 

 None of these were utilized by man. 



It has been surmised that this schistose slate pavement once formed 

 the crude flagstone floor of a dwelling, but after careful search of the 

 surface of the pavement and the surrounding area we were not able to 

 con^oborate this. "VVe found no artifacts in direct association with the 

 pavement or under the pavement but there was a thin layer of heavily 

 carbonized sand both on top of the pavement and in the spaces in be- 

 tween the individual stones. 



The area explored was controlled every 3 to 6 inches and all arti- 

 facts from these levels were labeled according to the zone from which 

 they were derived. This helped us to determine the origin of the 

 various pottery types as they were deposited within the site. Directly 

 beneath the ceramic-bearing zone was another devoid of any ceramic 

 remains but containing artifacts of stone, stone chips, and badly de- 

 composed bits of animal bones. This second zone was definitely of 

 Archaic origin. 



From an analysis of the pottery types (fig. 61), we were able to 

 demonstrate that the site had its inception during the Hyco Period 

 and progressed into the Clarksville stage of the Woodland before 

 it was finally abandoned. 



The first settlers used Hyco Plain almost exclusively at first. Not 

 long afterward a cord-wrapped paddle ware was introduced and the 

 two wares were used together. Later these two were complimented 

 by a third ware, fabric-marked. These three wares were used all 

 during the Hyco stage Early Woodland. Near the end of Early 



