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Sealyts Flantation (9Se12)
Sealy*s Plantation, 9Sel2, uas one of the sportsmen*s
paradises centered on one of the more famous of the deep spring
sites on Spring Creek. A series of deep springs, united by a
common **rune, led to the juncture with the Flint River about
two miles away. Ham~~ocky rises, set off by mucky swales,
rimmed fhese,pools of clear water in which fish could be seen
at depths of 40 feet as if in a goldfish bowl. A hunting lodge
and a wide yard gave access to the nearest of the springs.
Boded patches of shell showed at irregular intervals around the
paths to and around the more accessible portions of the springs.
Most of the surface collection oame from these exposures, plus
some testpitting in a vegetable garden near the lodge and in
the yard within a few feet to the entrance of the lodge. Even
when allowance is made far the attrition of the terrain by daily
and extensive use by fishermen and hunters, the fact emerges
clearly enough that the midden accumulations tended to be in
small patches ovsr a wide area around the deep springs. The
middens yielded evidence of thin deposits of Unio and other
freshwater species, along with the bones of small mammals and
deer, and turtle, with charcoal and other indications of local
cooking fires.
One is impressed with the view that history has repeated
itself at this site. Banters and fishermen congregate here
today for the deer and the wild turkey and for the rockfish in
the deep pools. In late Weeden Island times they came
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