. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. ilway in NelsonCounty. Many broken, unfinished vessels have been discovered here,and the two specimens shown in plate 14, figure 2, may have beenmade at this quarry. Another quarry, not visited by the writer, isin Goochland County about 8i miles in a direct line northeast of thesite of Rassawek, at the mouth of the Rivanna, and i^ miles duesouth of the present village of Tabscott. There are other outcroppings of soapstone in the region, in additionto those already mentioned, which show evidence of having beenworked by Indians. And although all are well
. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. ilway in NelsonCounty. Many broken, unfinished vessels have been discovered here,and the two specimens shown in plate 14, figure 2, may have beenmade at this quarry. Another quarry, not visited by the writer, isin Goochland County about 8i miles in a direct line northeast of thesite of Rassawek, at the mouth of the Rivanna, and i^ miles duesouth of the present village of Tabscott. There are other outcroppings of soapstone in the region, in additionto those already mentioned, which show evidence of having beenworked by Indians. And although all are well within the bounds ofthe territory occupied by the Monacan tribes, the last of the nativetribes to claim this part of Virginia, the soft stone may have beendiscovered and worked by others who had preceded them. Nor isthe scarcity of objects made of soapstone less mysterious than theidentity of the tribes by whom the quarries were opened and theutensils and ornaments fashioned. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 82, NO. 12, PL. 12. I. Looking east across the Rivanna, up the valley of the North Fork.
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