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Eoanoke River, It lies just over the Mecklenburg County line into 

 Charlotte County. 



The past floods aided by plow action have exposed large numbers 

 of chert, rhyolite, chalcedony, and quartzite chips, as well as a few 

 finished stone artifacts. It seems that chert and quartzite were used 

 about equally in the manufacture of their projectile points. The 

 earlier forms were pretty well confined to chert, while the later forms 

 were made mostly of quartzite. 



A number of fluted points have been reported as coming from this 

 site but we failed to find even the slightest trace of any. 



In the chert forms we recovered the following : 1 Gary, 2 pentag- 

 onals, a large triangular form, and a fragmentary section of a rather 

 thick-stemmed variety. 



Those of quartzite are as follows : 2 small, blunt, thin pentagonal 

 forms ; 3 small isosceles triangular points ; and a fragmentary section 

 of a large stemmed lance head. 



In rhyolite we found a single large triangular point with excurvate 

 sides, slightly concave base with the slight trace of a centrally placed 

 "tit," and rather heavy or thick. 



Besides these we recovered a large scraper made from a thick chert 

 flake whose ventral and dorsal surfaces are parallel. One end was 

 chipped abruptly to form the scraper surface. Upon its dorsal sur- 

 face are two parallel incised lines, 20 mm. in length and 1 mm. in 

 width, which are V-shaped in cross section. "VVe could not figure out 

 why these lines were placed on this surface, for they are much too 

 small to have acted as grind surfaces to point bone awls or similar 

 objects, and, too, the chert does not have the necessary characteristics 

 for a good grinding surface. 



We gathered 95 potsherds from the surface of the site by gathering 

 everything over a given area. No selectivity was attempted. The 

 color range and the paste characteristics would indicate that all were 

 members of the Clarksville Series, The exterior surface treatments 

 are typical of the series. Twenty-eight are cord-wrapped paddle, 

 23 are plain, and 43 are textile impressed, while there was one with 

 faint tracings of combing. 



HARRIS ISLAND I 

 (44ch2) 



At the foot of Harris Island was a small picnic area, 44Ch2, roughly 

 30 feet by 30 feet square. Adjoining this area to the north were the 

 remains of a small campsite over which was strewn a mass of stone 

 chips. A number of 5-foot-square test pits were introduced into the 

 area but they failed to reveal the source of this material. 



