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localities, as about Oneida lake. Some discoidal beads are Iroquoian, 

 and many have been found in Jefferson county. (See Stone beads, 

 biconcave disks.) 



Fig. 53 Notebook sketch of limestone disk found at outlet 

 of Honeoye lake by H. C. Follett 



Engraved articles. Some articles of stone, bone, antler and shell 

 are engraved \vith various designs, some of them no doubt being 

 hieroglyphic or symbolic. Articles incised in decorative designs 

 are by far the more common, those containing symbolic figures being 

 relatively rare. Pottery is occasionally engraved, especially frag- 

 ments. One specimen from the Shinnecock Hills site had an 

 engraved representation of a thunder bird. Slate articles, par- 

 ticularly gorgets, occasionally have engraved designs, but all such 

 objects must be carefully inspected to see whether or not the engrav- 

 ing is aboriginal. The lines should show a weathering similar to 

 that of the surface of the stone. Sharp flints were capable of making 

 fine incisions but care should be taken to see that such lines were 

 not made with the tip of a steel knife blade. The engraved gorget 

 shown in plate 122 is from the vicinity of Afton lake and shows 



