Pap. Ni)^' 2^5"/' JOHN H. KERR RESERVOIR BASIN — MILLER 271 



Technological and artistic activity — Continued 

 Ceramic complex — Continued 



Hyco Textile Impressed 



Simple Stamped 



Clarlisville Fabric-Marked 



Clarksville Cord-wrapped Paddle 



Clarksville Plain 



Clarksville Textile Impressed 

 Rough stone complex: 



Hammerstones, crude hardheads 



Fire-cracked stones 



Use of schist flakes 



Use of schistose slate 



Use of crude hematite 

 Chipped stone complex: 



Projectile points, chert, stemmed 



Projectile points, chert, triangular 



Projectile points, quartz, triangular 

 Worked stone complex: 



Steatite vessels vpith opposing knobbed handles 



BUFFALO CREEK COMPONENT 

 (44Mcl7) 



About 7,000 feet upstream from the confluence of Buffalo Creek 

 and the Dan River, which is on the south bank of the river, and 300 

 feet northeast of site 44Mcl8, opposite Oak Hill Island, is another 

 village site. 



During our initial survey we collected 238 potsherds from the sur- 

 face of this site. All were gathered at random. After examining them 

 we separated them into seven groups : 84, or 35.3 percent, were fabric- 

 marked; 86, or 36.3 percent, were of a fine textile-impressed; 32, or 

 13.4 percent, were cord-wrapped paddled ; 22, or 9.2 percent, were of 

 a much coarser textile-impressed ; 6, or 2.5 percent, were of Clarksville 

 Plain; 6, or 2.5 percent, were of a fine net impressed; and 2, or 0.8 

 percent, were indeterminate. 



At this same time we found a number of chert and quartz projectile 

 points. Most were fragmentary but we did find a few complete 

 specimens. 



We noted that crude hammerstones were present but made no at- 

 tempt to salvage any of them. All were made from nondescript hard- 

 heads and were nondiagnostic in that they could not furnish any 

 information toward identifying the cultural group that formerly oc- 

 cupied this site. 



It is recognized that surface indications are not truly diagnostic 

 of the cultural assemblage but it does give the cultural picture to some 

 extent. We recognize that only excavation can give the real picture 

 of the cultural affinities as deposited by the aborigines over a period 

 of time and thus allowances must be made for our data. 



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