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Transitional Period - 1400 BC

The early Transitional occupations occurred just below the late Transitional, extending to depths of 1.7 m (5.6 ft) below the present ground surface. Over 3200 artifacts and 26 features were found.

 

Also recovered were two disks, about the size of a quarter. The disks were made of steatite, or soapstone, a very soft stone that originates in southeastern Pennsylvania and Maryland.
The earlier Transitional Period occupations produced a large number of very small points. They were made from small cobbles collected locally along the banks of the nearby Ohio River.
  Features included this shallow fire pit with charcoal, reddened soils, and a few pieces of fire-cracked rock.