REPORT UPON THE WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHEOLOGY IN 

 THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 

 1886. 



By Dr. Charles Eau, Curator. 



Ill the preparation of tliis report I liave foiiud it convenient to take 

 up the more interesting accessions and treat of them by States. 



REVIEW OF IMPORTANT ACCESSIONS. 



NEW YOHK. 



The Natural Science Association of Staten Ishxnd sent for examina- 

 tion a carving in sandstone representing the head of an Indian, and 

 evidently of aboriginal workmanship (Fig. 1). The head, which was- 

 l)resented to the association by Mr. George F. Kunz, of New York, 

 measures 7 inches in height, and is made from a sandstone bowlder ; it 

 never belonged to a complete figure. The carving shows a low fore- 

 head, an aquiline nose broad at the base, full lips, and a well-formed chin. 

 The eyes are fiir apart, and the cheek bciies remarkably prominent. It 

 was found in Southfield, Staten Island, at a depth of from 12 to 18 inches 

 in the swamp near the Fingerboard road. A full account of the discov- 

 ery is given in the proceedings of the above-named association, May 10, 

 188-1. 



The head is represented by a good cast in the collection of tbe National 

 Museum. 



NEW JERSEY. 



Ten argillite imi>leinents of paheolithic tyi)e, from gravel-beds at 

 Trenton, were received from Dr. Charles C. Abbott, the well-known dis- 

 coverer of this class of primitive implements in that locality. Another 

 series of such specimens has been promised by the donor. 



Mr. W. H. II. Chambers, of Pliiladelphia, presented twelve triangular 

 arrow-head-shaped specimens of dark flint, which belonged to a subter- 

 ranean deposit of three hundred similar objects, discovered on the farm 

 of George Moore, on t!ie south bank of Ilancocas Creek, near Lumber- 

 ton, Burlington County. When plowed up the flint blades were found 

 standing upright in a circle, with the points downward. Fig. 2 repre- 

 sents one of the specimens. 



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