The Norton Site - Ontario Archaeological Society

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Table 4. Norton site (AfHh-86): ceramic vessel decorative motifs
Table 5. Norton site (AfHh-86): ceramic vessel types by major provenance units
CERAMIC TYPE ' H1 H2 H3 H4 F. 119 TOTAL
Pound Necked 1 1 1 3 6
Middleport Oblique 2 2
Black Necked 1 1
Lawson Incised 1 1
Miscellaneous 1 1 2
' Types defined after MacNeish (1952)
hinge at the cortex. The other lateral edge has
extensive use-wear suggesting that it was used as a
knife. The artifact was thermally altered and is
10.9mm thick. The second tool fragment is made of
Onondaga chert and is a combination biface and
graver. Only a few attempts were made to remove
the cortex on one lateral edge. It is crudely thinned
on the slightly convex worked edge. There is a
pointed worked area near the bottom of the blade,
probably the result of its use as a graver. The only
other biface in the assemblage, recovered from the
upper level of Midden A, is a very small edge
fragment.
Fifteen utilized flakes were recovered during the
course of excavations (Table 6). Six of these flakes
were derived from Midden A, three were recovered