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So far, the artifacts of a single culture have been considered. In 

 larger areas where there is a mixture of cultures a second plan 

 will be to determine the relative number of artifacts found on 

 (A) Algonkian sites, (M) mound builder sites, (/) Iroquois sites, 

 (E) Eskimoan sites, (U) indeterminate sites. For the purposes 

 of this paper we will grant that most of the articles considered are 

 all from known sites, or that they may otherwise be identified. 



Again everything is counted this time without regard to cultural 

 origin. All specimens are massed together in one grand aggregate 

 and then sifted for their cultural place. In a collection of 20,000 

 specimens 1 we should expect to find the articles falling into groups 

 in the following way: 



From a table of this kind we may estimate the degree of cultural 

 wealth, the duration of occupation, the presence or absence of certain 



a This tabulation is based on a careful estimate of artifacts from the 

 heart of New York State extending from Oneida lake to the Genesee. A 

 tabulation of the entire State or for other areas in the State would change 

 these figures. 



