. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. t., p. 264. NO. IJ MONACAN TOWNS IN VIRGINIA BUSHNELL 33 region once dominated by the Siouan tribes—a region embracing the\alley of the James from the falls to the mountains, where wild gamewas alnindant and food easily procured—are to be found traces of theperiod of Indian occupancy ; village and camp sites on the banks ofstreams, quarries where soapstone was obtained, and innumerablestone implements scattered over the surface. However, as said else-where, all must not be attributed to the Monacan tribes. Scattered sites have been visited and examined
. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. t., p. 264. NO. IJ MONACAN TOWNS IN VIRGINIA BUSHNELL 33 region once dominated by the Siouan tribes—a region embracing the\alley of the James from the falls to the mountains, where wild gamewas alnindant and food easily procured—are to be found traces of theperiod of Indian occupancy ; village and camp sites on the banks ofstreams, quarries where soapstone was obtained, and innumerablestone implements scattered over the surface. However, as said else-where, all must not be attributed to the Monacan tribes. Scattered sites have been visited and examined and it is plannedto describe them, together with the material collected, in a subsequentpaper. Two localities will now be mentioned, both on the banks ofthe Rivanna, one above, the other ])elow the site of Monasukapanough,and both believed to have been in some manner related to the greatvillage. GARNETT SITE The site of the large village, believed to have been Monasuka-panough, is on the banks of the South Branch of the Rivanna, the.
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