WEBB] 



ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORRIS BASIN 



365 



List of Cultural Traits Shown by Occupants of Caves in Norbis Basin and 

 in Rock Shelters of Eastern Kentucky 



List of traits 



Norris Basin 

 sites 



Eastern Ken- 

 tucky sites 



Stall- 



ings 



Island 



Mound 





3 



12 



13 



W 



D 



s 



Occupancy of caves as shown by midden 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



___„_ 



X 

 X 

 X 





Burials in floors of dwelling place 



X 



Predominance of flexed burials 



X 



Burials usually devoid of artifacts 



X 



Occasional bundle burial of bones 



X 























Potterv not used as mortuary offerings 



______ 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 



X 

 X 



X 



Flat bar two-holed gorgets 



X 





x 





X 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



x 







X 

 X 

 X 



_____ 



X 





Pestles 





X 





Mortars (lapstones) 





X 







X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



______ 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



x 



Absence of all evidence of smoking custom.. 



X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 



Considerable use of bone for awls 



X 



Carved bone handles 



x 



Spoons cut from tortoise carapace 











Femora of bear cut off and hollowed 







X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



______ 





Little use of worked shell 



______ 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 



Pottery gravel tempered 



X 



Pottery rims plain and straight 



X 



Pottery grass paddle marked 





Pottery small cylindrical paddle cord wrapped 





Pottery without handles or lugs 



X 



X 



Stamped ware, rectangular mesh 



X 



Textile impressed (close-woven ribbed) . 



X 





X 



Pots with four legs 









X 



Pottery comb or brush scratched 



X 



X 



X 



______ 



X 



Indented rim bands 



X 



Sherds often drilled below rim 



X 





X 



X 



X 



X 







Total traits 32 



27 



12 



21 



19 



24 



24 



23 







Site No. 3 has 27 traits, or 84 percent. 



Site No. 12 has 12 traits, or 37 percent. 



Site No. 13 has 21 traits, or 66 percent. 



Number of traits present at all three sites, 8, or 25 percent. 



Number of traits present at two sites only, 13, or 41 percent. 



Number of traits present at one site only, 10, or 31 percent. 



Sites Nos. 3 and 12 have a total of 29 traits — 10 in common, or 34 percent. 



Sites Nos. 3 and 13 have a total of 30 traits — 18 in common, or 60 percent. 



Sites Nos. 12 and 13 have a total of 24 traits — 9 in common, or 37 percent 



Comparison of Site No. 3 With Three Kentucky Sites 



Of a total of 32 traits: 



Site No. 3 has 27 traits, or 84 percent. 



Wilson Site has 19 traits, or 60 percent. 



DeHart Site has 24 traits, or 75 percent. 



Stamper Site has 24 traits, or 75 percent. 



Traits present at all four sites, 15, or 46 percent. 



Traits present at Site No. 3 and two others, 6, or 18 percent. 



Traits present at Site No. 3 and one other, 4, or 12 percent. 



Traits present at Site No. 3 and none other, 3, or 9 percent. 



Traits present at other sites and not at Site No. 3, 5, or 15 percent. 



Site No. 3 and Wilson have a total of 28 traits— 18 in common, or 64 percent. 



Site No. 3 and DeHart have a total of 30 traits — 21 in common, or 70 percent. 



Site No. 3 and Stamper have a total of 32 traits — 19 in common, or 59 percent. 



