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and chips of stone. Below this we located the cultural layer which 

 had a depth of 9 inches. Below this was clean sterile river sand of 

 indefinite depth. 



We succeeded m salvaging 1 chert pick, 1 chert ovate projectile 

 point, 1 quartz ovate projectile point, fragments of 2 stemmed chert 

 points, 1 steatite potsherd, and 143 clay potsherds. An examination 

 of the sherds gave us the following wares, broken down into body and 

 rim sherds: fabric-marked, 40 body sherds; plain, 26 body and 1 rim 

 sherds; cord-wrapped paddle, 74 body and 2 rim sherds. All of 

 these were assigned to the Hyco Series. 



SITE 44MC21 



Site 44Mc21, a small village site situated at the head of Fields Island 

 in a heavily wooded area was formerly known as the "Old Skipwith's 

 Mellon Patch." This patch was constantly cultivated for a number 

 of years until about 20 or 30 years ago when it was allowed to go back 

 to brush. The cultivation obliterated any surface indications that 

 were present. Mr. William Maxey, of Kichmond, Va., helped to 

 identify the site. He told how the site had suffered from the various 

 freshets in the past and how it was completely denuded of all cultural 

 evidence. 



In 1870 a freshet denuded not only the vegetation from the site but 

 practically all of the topsoil and some of the cultural deposits. After 

 the waters had subsided a few complete clay pots, some projectile 

 points, and a few metal objects were exposed and retrieved. Some of 

 this material is now in the Maxey collection in Richmond, Va. 



The entire island was again inundated by the 1940 freshet and fur- 

 ther erosion took place. After the flood the site was revisited by 

 parties unknown and a collection of cultural remains was made. The 

 whereabouts of this material or the parties who made the collection 

 could not be located. 



At the time of the survey we managed to pick up 7 sherds from the 

 area : 4 body and 1 rim sherds of textile-impressed, and 2 body sherds 

 bearing combed impressions. 



SITE 44MC22 



44Mc22, a village site, is located near the foot of Fields Island. 

 Here we made extensive tests because the surface was sprinkled with 

 sherds, stone cliips, and some projectile points, but we could not find 

 anything beneath the ground. We went down 4 or 5 feet and continued 

 to find nothing but sterile river sand. It would appear that this sur- 

 face material was redeposited material from sites further upstream 

 and brought to this place by the river's actions. 



Our random surface collection consisted of 1 chert spade and 19 pot- 

 sherds. These were broken down into : textile impressed, 4 rim sherds ; 



