[Various (1967)] This stream, which drains through swampy ground, is almost dry during most of the summer and fall. However, a nearby spring could have supplied the Indian occupants of the site with water during nearly all periods of the year. The hummocky valley in which the site lies is adjoined on the east and west by high gneissic hills that eventually rise to the north as fault-line scarps which line the shores of Lake George. PLATE 1. PICKLE HILL SITE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK, View of low rise on which site lies, from the Pickle Hill Road. Looking south. *Published by permission of the Assistant Commissioner, New York State Museum and Science Service. No. 39, March 1967 19 The site was first discovered through surface investigations by the Weinman brothers in 1965. Because the projectile points collected at that time conformed to the Normanskill type (Ritchie 1961), it was first believed and later confirmed that Pickle Hill was a "pure" component. Permission was granted by the owner, Mr. Herbert Mattison, to excavate the site. It was hoped that evidence of houses would be found and that a sizable assemblage of artifacts would be accumulated, thus adding to knowledge of the River complex. The first of these goals proved to be a qualified failure; the second met with some success. Since the site had long been under cultivation, the artifacts were dispersed throughout the brown, sandy plow zone which was between 10" and 12" thick.