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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



pottery and objects of stone, some broken and others entire, were scat- 

 tered over the surface, indicating the location of a native village which 

 had been occupied centuries ago. Examples of the specimens col- 

 lected at that time are shown in figure 112. Above are 15 objects made 

 of white quartz, so plentiful in the valley. Projectile points, knives, 

 and scrapers are included in the group. The four pieces to the left 

 in the second row may have been mounted as knives and their simi- 



Fig. 



III. — Looking down the Rappahannock. Site of the ancient settlement to the 

 right of the black arrow. (Photograph by U. S. Army Air Corps.) 



larity in form and size is remarkable, but being made of quartz the 

 condition and appearance of the surface does not aid in determining 

 their relative age. Below are 9 pieces representing a variety of forms, 

 all made of diabasic rock and with surfaces equally altered as a result 

 of long exposure. At the bottom is a cylindrical pestle, with a short, 

 shallow groove clearly shown in the photograph. Two forms of 

 scrapers may be recognized. All specimens, quartz and diabase, are 

 thought to be of approximately the same age. Some fragments of 

 earthenware found on the site bear the impression of coiled basketry, 

 and this is considered the oldest form of pottery occurring in the 

 Rappahannock valley; other pieces are cord-marked and some are 

 smooth, porous, and deeply pitted through the leaching away of the 



