Ultra-Sophisticated Stuff about the Pre-columbian History of the
North Carolina-Piedemont

From an archaeological perspective, most of what we know of these
first, ancient North Carolinians exists as stone artifacts, fired
clay pottery, and a few large, earthen structures. Typically, wood,
bone, leather and similar materials have not survived the moist
conditions and acid soils of the Piedmont. Additionally, much of the
archaeological record has been lost due to "recent" land disturbing
activities. As a result, a purely archaeological perspective (like
this web site) is limited to stuff like speculation about subsistence
strategies, tool use, and where folks got their raw materials, etc.
In my opinion, the traditions and other stuff passed down through the
millennia are are more important for really understanding folks, but
that's another story.

read more:

http://home.sprintmail.com/~dingodog/artifact.html

read about Polished Stone Thingies:

http://home.sprintmail.com/~dingodog/polish.html