The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-08-04


The finding of "turkey-tail"
lAdena) point at this site is signifi-
cant in view of the fact that a stone
mound was located on top of a
nearby hill years ago, but all that
is left now is a slight raise in the
surface of the ground, the stone
having been carried away for road
building.
| eXcavated six 5-foot squares
here in August, 1919. The soil is
black and strewn with broken bones
and pottery Two refuse pits were
uncovered The features of one Of
these were photographed and re-
corded. This pit was surrounded
by double line of circular stains,
probably the remains of small
posts. The pit penetrated the yell
Tow, sandy subsoil for 10 inches.
1t contained potsherds, bones.
teeth, ashes, and artifacts of bone
and ebert Most projectile points
were of the triangular type. Several
pottery types are represented.
Several fragmentary stone pipes
have been found also. Years ago
Ralph Hoye found a beautiful celt
of pale green granite and square
bowled pipe of red hematite.
Indian Rocks Site
This is probably the most i'm
portant site in Garrett County be-
cause of its stratified nature. The
site is a large rock shelter located
at an elevation of 2288 feet on
Laurel Run, stream which emp
ties into the Youghiogheny miles
to the northeast and is approXi-
mately miles southwest of
Friendsville, Maryland The site is
owned by Leslie Savage
There are at least three types of
pottery represented here.
This shelter was probably occu-
pied periodically since Archaic
| times.
The FriendsviIIe Site
This is one of those sites where
local historical records indicate the
existence of a nearby aboriginal
settlement in historic times. 1t is
said that John Friend, in 1865 cams-
here from the Potomac with his
six sons and bought a Shawnee
village site
The site is located in the town of
Friendsville, Maryland, at an ele-
walton of 1900 feet and is now oc-
cupied by the garden and house of
Mr. Elmer Rush
During excavation by the Car
jnegie Museum field party in Sep
TENDER 1850 many potsherds and
bones were recovered. The pottery
types represented here seem al
most identical to those from the
Sanging Ground Site, however.
many European artifacts were
found here which were totally
lacking at the Sanging Ground Site.
The pottery from this site as well
as from the Sanging Ground Site
resembles that found on the Key
ser Farm Site in Virginia.
ARCHAIC SITES
According to Without 1949)
Archaic sites are small, scattered
and very abundant Most sites are
on hilltops, slopes near streams,
river terraces or elevations near
springs and are small sites of the
type generally called camp sites"
This description fits the Archaic
sites of Garrett County perfectly.
l would say the thing most typi-
cal of the Archaic cultural complex
represented here is the wide vari-
alton in the typology of the Clipped
stone artifacts and their being
made almost exclusively of vari-
colored cherts. Triangular points,
serrated points, large points, and
points of jasper, quartzite and
chalcedony are rare and should be
considered as atypical for these
sites. Most of the ebert may have
been obtained from site 18Ga25
which shows signs of being quar-
ry Meadow Mountain Site. Other
artifacts found at these sites in
clude cache blades, drills ham
merstones, pestles, mullers, scrap
ers and knives. Pottery, celts AIDES
and grooved axes are unknown
from these sites.
SUMMARY
There is considerable variety and
time depth to the archaeological re-
mains of Garrett County, Maryland.
When man first entered the area is
at present unknown. No materials
representative of the Paleo-mdian
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