Common Artifact Types

Below are some of the common types of artifacts found at Occaneechi Town.


Animal Bones
Brick Fragments
Charcoal
Chipped-Stone Projectile Points
Clay Pipe Fragments
Daub & Fired Clay
Flakes
Glass Beads
Glass Fragments
Gunflints
Lead Shot
Potsherds
Shell Beads

Flakes are by-products of making chipped-stone tools. They usually are small, made of rhyolite or some other type of rock with conchoidal (glass-like) fracture properties, and have recognizable characteristics which allow them to be readily distinguished from unmodified rocks.

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Contexts

Context Entries Photo
Zone 1 2
Posthole #1 1 Yes

Artifacts in Context

Cat No. Artifacts More
Light Fraction 2351w2758
Potsherd 2351w2756