Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . 5 - a: Q. o li- « Q ? LU a \- 2. HOLMESj THE LITTLE FALLS SHOP SITE 67 sites up and clown tlie river and iu the affluent valleys ou the east andwest, but there is a great degree of sameness in the materials employedand iu the work done. While a few typical localities tlioroughly stud-ied illustrate tlie whole subject, the presentation will not be completewithout a brief sketch of the whole held. luvestigatious iu tbe aucieut bowlder quarries of the Rock creekvalley were concluded in June, 1S90, and atten
Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . 5 - a: Q. o li- « Q ? LU a \- 2. HOLMESj THE LITTLE FALLS SHOP SITE 67 sites up and clown tlie river and iu the affluent valleys ou the east andwest, but there is a great degree of sameness in the materials employedand iu the work done. While a few typical localities tlioroughly stud-ied illustrate tlie whole subject, the presentation will not be completewithout a brief sketch of the whole held. luvestigatious iu tbe aucieut bowlder quarries of the Rock creekvalley were concluded in June, 1S90, and attention was at once turnedto the study of related ijhenomena in the surrounding region. Thatportion of the Iotomac between the head of tidewater and Greatfalls—about 10 miles of the jnost interesting iiud picturesque part ofits course—possesses very considerable archeologic interest. The nat-ural phenomena are quite distinct from those of Rock creek, and as aconsequence there is a distinct class of archeological phenomena. Thefalls portion of the Potomac was evidently a great tisliin
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