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SITE 44MC4 



Site 44Mc4, a village site, east of the juncture of Easter Creek and 

 the Roanoke River, has been pinpointed at 78°33'42" longitude, 

 36°35'16'' latitude. The site measured 600 feet long by 50 feet wide. 

 A random collection from the surface yielded 65 potsherds, frag- 

 mentary projectile points, and a crudely chipped chert spade. 



The sherds were separated into the following categories: textile- 

 impressed, 38 body sherds and 1 rim sherd; combed, 3 body sherds; 

 Hyco Fabric-Marked, 3 body sherds; Hyco Plain, 9 body sherds; 

 and Ply CO Cord- Wrapped Paddle, 11 body sherds. 



Testing showed that the greatest concentration of cultural material 

 was noted on the western half of the site but this was rather meager. 



SITE 44MC5 



Site 44Mc5, a village site, mapped at 78°23'17'' longitude, 36°35'22" 

 latitude, is 100 feet north of the Roanoke River and measures 60 feet 

 long by 50 feet wide. 



Lying scattered over the surface of the area were a number of 

 potsherds, steatite sherds, nutting stones, and a crude basin-type 

 metate. The metate was almost oval in outline, fairly heavy, and 

 measured 20 inches long, and 14 inches wide, its greatest thickness 

 being 4 inches. The grinding surface was slightly dish shaped and 

 sunk into the stone slightly over an inch and a quarter. A diligent 

 search failed to turn up any mano. Our investigations within the 

 reservoir basin failed to turn up many metates and for this reason 

 they were not too diagnostic of the cultures of the basin. 



Fifty-five sherds were salvaged from the surface of the site. These 

 have been classified as textile-impressed, 38 body sherds and 1 rim 

 sherd; cord- wrapped paddle, 7 body sherds and 1 rim sherd; plain, 

 2 body sherds; combed, 1 body sherd; net-impressed, 2 body sherds 

 and 1 rim sherd; fabric-marked, 3 body sherds; all in keeping with 

 the Hyco Series. 



Near the western margm of the site we picked up a very crude ax. 

 This was made from a chert nodule which had been crudely notched 

 and the blade made by knocking off a few large chips. 



SITE 44MC6 



Site 44Mc6, a campsite, mapped at 78°23'56'' longitude, 36°35'15" 

 latitude, lay on the north bank of the Roanoke River approximately 

 1 mile upstream from the confluence of Easter Creek and the Roanoke 

 River. This puts the site within the Boydton Magisterial District. 



The field wherein the site was located had been planted to corn and 

 the old stalks covered the field. Testing showed that the entire camp- 



