278 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 182 



BUGGS ISLAND COMPONENT 

 SITE 44MC2 



A half mile upstream from the damsite on the north bank of the 

 Roanoke River is a slight knoll adjacent to the river's edge. Atop this 

 knoll is a rather extensive village site which has been designated as 

 site 44Mc2. 



The soil here, like a great deal of the bottom land, was rather loose 

 and sandy and barren of most vegetal growth. Our attention was 

 first attracted to the large number of very fine stone chips which were 

 scattered over the surface. The brightly colored chalcedony chips 

 stood out rather prominently from the dull grays of the cherts and 

 the white quartz chips. 



We laid out a 10-foot square and collected all of the chips from the 

 surface of this area. Upon the completion of our task, we had gath- 

 ered 272 chalcedony chips, 199 chert chips, 40 rhyolite chips, and only 

 14 quartz chips. We anticipated that this would be indicative and 

 reflect in the material used in the manufacture of the various stone 

 artifacts which this site might yield. 



Next, we extensively tested the site, through the use of 5-foot square 

 test pits. Each pit penetrated well into sterile subsoil before it was 

 discontinued. The results of our testing showed that the river had 

 succeeded in completely churning up the cultural deposit, so that prac- 

 tically nothing was found beneath the surface of the site. 



Our random surface collection produced 119 sherds, which we sepa- 

 rated into 63 cord-wrapped paddled, 23 fabric-marked, 23 textile- 

 impressed, 4 plain, 4 net-impressed, and 2 combed. Nine were rim 

 sherds and the rest were body sherds. All had paste characteristics 

 of the Clarksville Series, designating that this site belonged to the 

 overall Clarksville cultural horizon. 



Two stemmed chert projectile points, one diamond-shaped and one 

 fragmentary quartz point, and a quartzite hammerstone completed 

 the material from this site. 



SITE 4 4MC3 



Site 44Mc3 lies approximately 2,500 feet east of the confluence of 

 Easter Creek and the Roanoke River at78°22'08'' longitude, 36°35'03" 

 latitude. A random collection from the surface consisted of 82 sherds, 

 a few projectile points, fragmentary briquettes, and a few animal 

 bones. The sherds were classified as follows: 51 textile-impressed, 

 9 plain, 13 cord-wrapped paddle, and 9 fabric-marked. Most of 

 tlicso belonged with the Hyco Series. Besides the sherds we recovered 

 2 chert projectile points from the surface. 



Testings proved that the greatest concentration of the debris lay 

 in the western portion of the site. 



