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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORRIS BASIN 



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Provisional Cherokee Cultural Traits as Repoeted by Various Wbitees, 

 Compaeed With Traits Found at Sites Nos. 19 and 10, Norris Basin 



Har- 

 rington 



Thomas 



Nacoo- 

 chee 



Dan- 

 dridge 



Site 

 No. 19 



Site 

 No. 10 



BURIAL CUSTOMS 



Mounds of earth close to large stream 



Mounds mark site of town houses, earth 

 covered 



Burials made in town-house mounds 



Burials also made in village cemetery 



Burials made in the flesh— _ 



Burials usually loosely flexed — 



Some burials extended on back 



Few burials extended face down, limbs flexed. 



Some burials in sitting posture 



Graves usually rectangular in form 



Double burials do occur 



About 30 percent of burials show artifacts 



Dog burials in association --- 



Graves covered with wood and bark... 



Some graves covered by clay layer, fire burned. 



Piles of stones in disarray in mound 



Individual seems to have been killed by same 

 type of arrow used as burial offering 



STONE ARTEFACTS 



Round celts— probably hafted axes 



Stone pipes, elbow form, flanged.. — 



Triangular arrow points exclusively — 



Large discoidals— biconcave.. 



Large disks— biplane 



Small stone disks — gamestones (?) 



Flint knives, long ovate 



Stone hoes, limestone, slate, etc 



Flint knives placed at base of skull, often 



transversely 



Spatulate ceremonial (?) ax, polished limestone. 



Pipes used as mortuary offerings 



Flat celts— straight edges, fleshers (?) 



Gourd rattles (?) adjacent to femur, as in- 

 dicated by group of quartz pebbles remain- 

 ing together 



BONE AND SHELL ARTIFACTS 



Bone beamers or drawshaves. 



Bone hairpins, pointed base and other forms.. 

 Large bone cut obliquely to point hole in base. 

 Considerable use of marine shell for manu- 

 facture.. 



Mask gorgets 



Rattlesnake gorgets... — . 



Shell ear pins — 



Circular gorgets, scalloped edges — 



POTTERY ARTIFACTS 



Pottery infrequently used as mortuary offer- 

 ings 



Squat spheroidal pots, large mouth 



Shallow bowls, "Cazuela" type, incurved rims 



Pottery, mostly shell tempered 



Pots with two strap handles 



Pots with four strap handles 



Round handles raised above rims 



Sharply incised band of lines below pot rim... 



Notched projecting rims - • 



Beading below rim 



Horizontal flat lugs at rim 



Textile-marked salt pans 



Small pots— toy vessels 



Frog effigy vessels 



Bird effigy vessels — 



Human face effigy on rim 



Stamped carved paddle, scroll design 



Stamped carved paddle, rectangular mesh 



Impressed by solid points— dots 



Impressed by hollow cylinders, cane or bone.. 



Impressed by cord-wrapped paddle. 



Impressed with grass- wrapped paddle 



Pottery dishes made from sherds 



Pottery pipes, elbow form... 



Total, 62. 



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