[Various (1967)] Materials: 1, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18-21, 27, 32, Fort Ann flint; 3, 22, 28-30, Onondaga flint; 5, 8, 16, Normanskill flint; 7, 13, 25, 34, Little Falls? flint; 2, 23, Kalkberg? flint; 4, Deepkill flint; 10, 26, gray cherty slate; 17, quartz; 24, 31, 35, 38, quartizite; 36, 37, graywacke; 33, prophyritic basalt. 22 THE BULLETIN 100 years (I-2401) based on the combined charcoal samples from features 1 and 2 at Pickle Hill. The charcoal was submitted by Robert Funk to Isotopes, Inc. in October, 1966. Thus, based on both absolute and relative (stratigraphic) chronological data, the River complex occupied a time period intermediate between the Sylvan Lake complex, dated 2210 B.C. in the lower Hudson Valley (Funk 1966a; 1966b; Funk, Weinman, and Weinman 1965) and the Snook Kill complex, dated 1470 B.C, at the type site in the upper Hudson Valley (Ritchie 1965:135).
The Pickle Hill component is the first reported River complex manifestation which is not located on a major waterway. Its small size indicates that it was a seasonal camp site, visited by small bands of people, perhaps over a relatively brief period of years. The darkened area, seen from the air, may represent the traces of a single family lodge. All evidence points to the conclusion that Pickle Hill was occupied in fall and winter, when acorncollecting and hunting were the main subsistence activities.