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Teohnological and aktistio activitt — Continued 

 Pottery complex: 

 Coiling 

 Modeling 



Pottery at all levels 

 Pottery sand-tempered 

 Rims and lips usually simple in form 

 Oxidizing atmosphere, one method of firing 

 Oxido-reducing atmosphere, second method of firing 

 Pottery disks 

 Fabric-marked 

 Textile-impressed 

 Cord-wrapped paddle 

 Plain 

 Combed 

 Net impressed 



ST. JOHNS COMPONENT 

 (44Me62) 



Two thousand feet upstream from the foot of Oak Hill Island, 

 7,000 feet upstream from the confluence of Buffalo Creek and the Dan 

 River, on the west bank of the Dan in Mecklenburg County is a small 

 site which we have designated as 44Mc62. 



At the time of our survey the site was under cultivation and so the 

 testing was rather limited. Tests were made between the corn rows. 

 These showed that intensive cultivation had churned up the cultural 

 deposits and all were incorporated within the plow zone. 



We managed to salvage 161 potsherds from our tests and from 

 random collecting from the surface of the site. In the laboratory 

 these sherds were separated into the various wares in keeping with 

 those established for the entire reservoir basin. 



Out of this number, we obtained 75 fabric-marked, 20 cord-wrapped 

 paddle, 58 textile-impressed, 6 Clarksville Plain, and 2 net-im- 

 pressed. These comprised a series which closely corresponded to 

 another found at the Fields Island site, 44Mc23. 



ISLAND HILL COMPONENT 

 (44Mc51) 



One mile downstream from the main Grassy Creek site, 44]Mc53, 

 and on the same side of the river is a fairly large village site. When 

 the site was first visited a crop of young corn was coming up and so 

 our testing was again limited to the width between corn rows. This 

 site, like that of the St. John's Component, 44Mc62, was pretty well 

 clmrned up through intensive cultivation. Most of the cultural layer 

 was incorporated within the plow zone and very little remained intact, 

 so little that we did not recommend any further investigation. 



