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ABORIGINAL SITES ON TENNESSEE RIVER. 279 
At a point where there seemed to be a rise above much of the remainder 
of the site, holes were put down, showing the deposit to be almost solid shell 
at first, then midden soil having a slight admixture of shell, this underlaid again 
by shell, the whole going to a depth of 6 feet 9 inches, where brown sand with 
occasional shells was found—even this not being the bottom of the deposit. 
Realizing that search at this depth would be inadvisable to prolong, owing 
to the time required for holes so deep and in view of the fact that burials found 
had nothing with them, thirteen trial-holes only were sunk in this higher part 
of the site, resulting in the finding of the skeleton of a child, 26 inches down; 
a burial closely flexed to the left at a depth of 22 inches; a skull with the two upper 
vertebra, 4 feet 6 inches from the surface; a skeleton closely flexed on the left, 
1 foot down. A few other holes were sunk in outlying parts of the site, but 
without success. 
Forty inches deep was a deposit of masses of sandstone in single thickness, 
arranged in the form of a horizontal triangle except for the projection of a stone 
on one side. This irregular triangle, having a base 29 inches in extent and 
an altitude of 31 inches, rested on, though it did not completely cover, a fireplace 
on which was charcoal and ashes. No bones were discovered. 
A number of coarse arrowheads and knives, of flint, were picked up at this 
place, and a barrel-shaped stone (sandstone) with a deep depression at each 
end, which it was said had been plowed up on the site, was acquired there by us. 
In the digging were found a number of arrowheads and knives, of flint; two 
neatly-made piercing implements of bone; a bone needle 5 inches in length, 
having an eye .1 inch in diameter. The discovery of a needle of this kind has 
been very infrequent in our archaeological work. 
DWELLING-SITE NEAR BEAN Rock, MARSHALL County, ALABAMA. 
On property belonging to Mr. John Bogenshott, living nearby, along the 
river bank below Bean Rock and in sight from it, has been an aboriginal place 
of abode, largely of sandy loam having shell here and there over small areas. 
A few arrowheads, broken celts, several whole ones, and bits of pottery bearing 
a small check stamp were found on the surface. There were also noticed on 
the ground part of a human tibia and a number of slabs which presumably had 
been with burials. The place had a history of the discovery of hundreds of 
arrowheads which had been gathered there and sold. Numerous trial-holes 
in various parts of this site resulted only in the discovery of the skeleton of a 
child 46 inches down. 
DWELLING-SITE NEAR PAINT Rock LANDING, MARSHALL COUNTY, 
ALABAMA. 
On property near Paint Rock Landing, belonging to Mr. John West, of 
Guntersville, Ala., is a small camp-site having on the surface little other than 
a few bits of undecorated pottery and considerable shell in places. The shell 
