ABORIGINAL CHIPPED STONE IMPLEMENTS OF NEW YORK 79 



found on village sites, more or less remote from water, and undoubt- 

 edly were some form of quoit, or they might also have been used 

 somewhat like the southern chungke stone. They occur in many 

 places where they have attracted little or no attention. Fig. 211 

 represents an example, made from red sandstone. This has no 

 notches, and was found on a village site in Cayuga county, four miles 

 from any water where nets could have been used. Notched forms, 

 however, occur in earthworks from one and a half to three miles 

 from water. Fig. 212 is a good example of the notched form, three 

 and seven eighths by four and one quarter inches. This is a grey 

 sandstone sinker of medium size, from Cross lake, and is rather thin. 

 The larger sinkers usually have four notches. Grooved sinkers or 

 anchors of the larger and ruder forms scarcely require illustration. 

 One of coarse sandstone comes from Brewerton, and is six inches 

 long by four and one quarter wide, the thickness being three inches. 

 On the flattened surface, lengthwise, a broad and deep groove goes 

 all the way around. Few worked anchors are found. 



This is a summary of the leading forms of chipped stone imple- 

 ments found in New York. They preceded and survived the finer 

 articles of polished stone, which is naturally the next subject to be 

 treated, and of which New York furnishes so many good examples. 

 That every important locality will yield striking varieties of chipped 

 implements not here illustrated, is to be expected. The purpose of 

 such a paper is to furnish information, but yet more to be a basis for 

 comparison, so that collectors may judge of the real value of the 

 articles they find, and thus be induced to contribute rare specimens 

 to this department of the state museum. 



In conclusion it may be said that the value of many articles depends 

 greatly upon the places where they were found, and that a good 

 record of localities is essential to scientific progress. A good local 

 map, on which sites may be placed; a book of outlines, however rude, 

 with descriptive notes, will aid greatly in doing a noble work for the 

 people of New York. These every collector should have 



