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similar in appearance and process to those described by Prof. 

 F. W. Putnam from Madisonville, Ohio, or by Professor Mills from 

 the Baum and Gartner sites. 1 In general it may be said in passing 

 that the hook is rather long and sharp and that the end of the shank 

 is in most instances slightly knobbed or grooved for the attachment 

 of the gut or cord line. 



Fig. 25 Early Iroquoian fishhooks, xi/i. 



Of importance to the comparative archeologist are the metapodial 

 bone draw shaves found in the refuse heaps. These are so far 

 unique in Xew York sites and their presence in the Reed Fort site 

 is significant. They are commonly found in Ohio sites of the Baum 



Fig. 26 Antler combs from the Richmond Mills site, Ontario county, xj 



1 Cf . fig. 65, Mills, William C., Explorations of the Baum and Prehistoric 

 Village Site. Ohio State Historical Society, Quarterly, 15:1. 



