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Figures 1.1 Site locations 2 2.1 Summary of excavations at the Hardaway site 13 2.2 Excavation plan and topographic map of the Hardaway site 16 2.3 Hardaway site pro¤les 18 2.4 Feature 8 31 2.5 Feature 21 31 2.6 Feature 40 32 2.7 Feature 41 33 2.8 Feature 10 34 2.9 Feature 20 34 2.10 Feature 35 35 2.11 Feature 37 35 2.12 Units analyzed in this study 36 3.1 Location of the Uwharrie Mountains 40 3.2 Aphyric rhyolite from Morrow Mountain 43 3.3 Aphyric rhyolite artifacts in the Hardaway assemblage 43 4.1 Hardaway-Dalton points 51 4.2 Hardaway Side-Notched points 53 4.3 Other side-notched points 54 4.4 Small Dalton points 55 4.5 Palmer Corner-Notched points 56 4.6 Kirk Corner-Notched points 57 4.7 Tang length:width ratios box plots for Kirk Corner-Notched and Palmer Corner-Notched points 58 4.8 Scatterplot of tang length versus tang width for Kirk CornerNotched and Palmer Corner-Notched points 60 4.9 Biface thickness:width ratio box plots 61 4.10 Type I and Type II bifaces 62 4.11 Type III bifaces and preforms 63 4.12 Box plots comparing dimensions for Hardaway-Dalton points, Hardaway-Dalton preforms, Hardaway Side-Notched points, and Hardaway Side-Notched preforms 64 4.13 Bifacial adzes and preforms 65 4.14 Type I end scrapers 67 4.15 Box plots comparing end scraper bit widths 69 4.16 Box plots comparing end scraper dimensions of length, width, and thickness 70 4.17 Type II end scrapers 73 4.18 Type III end scrapers 75 4.19 Type IV end scrapers 76 4.20 Type V end scrapers 77 4.21 Histogram of Type Ia end scraper mean edge angles 80 4.22 Histogram of Type Ib end scraper mean edge angles 80 4.23 Histogram of Type IIa end scraper mean edge angles 81 4.24 Histogram of Type IIb end scraper mean edge angles 81 4.25 Histogram of Type III end scraper mean edge angles 82 4.26 Histogram of Type IV end scraper mean edge angles 82 4.27 Histogram of Type V end scraper mean edge angles 83 4.28 Type I side scrapers 84 4.29 Type II side scrapers 86 4.30 Box plots comparing dimensions of length, width, and thickness for all side scrapers 87 4.31 Box plots comparing Type II and Type III side scraper dimensions for single-bit and double-bit tools 90 xii Figures 4.32 Box plots comparing bit retouch lengths of left and right bits for single-bit and double-bit Type II and Type III side scrapers 91 4.33 Box plots comparing tool reduction indexes for single-bit and double-bit Type II and Type III side scrapers 93 4.34 Type III side scrapers 94 4.35 Type IV side scrapers (obverse) 95 4.36 Type IV side scrapers (reverse) 96 4.37 Box plots comparing bit thickness and bit ®ake scar length for Type I and Type IV side scrapers 97 4.38 Histograms of left and right mean bit edge angles of Type IIb side scrapers 99 4.39 Histograms of left and right mean bit edge angles of Type III side scrapers 99 4.40 Histograms comparing mean bit edge angles of Type I side scrapers and Type IV side scrapers 100 4.41 Histograms of left and right mean bit edge angles of Type IIa side scrapers 100 4.42 Other unifacial tools 101 4.43 Hafted spokeshaves, denticulates, and Waller knife 103 4.44 Drills, perforators, and gravers 105 4.45 Choppers and core/scrapers 106 4.46 Bipolar cores and pièces esquillées 108 4.47 Hammerstones/anvils and hammerstones/abraders 116 4.48 Grinding stones/anvils 118 4.49 “Engraved slate” 119 5.1 Box plots comparing tool reduction indexes for end scrapers and side scrapers 132 5.2 Box plots comparing tool reduction indexes for side scrapers and end scrapers 134 5.3 Histograms of striking platform angles on tool blanks 141 Figures xiii 5.4 Box plots comparing platform angles of biface- and block-derived blanks and indeterminate blanks 142 6.1 Contour map comparing soil volume for the CBM, Zone 3, and Zone 4 with total tool density 150 6.2 Spatial distribution of units containing Hardaway-Dalton points 152 6...

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