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were made on the delta of Assanpiiik creek. At 

 the present time these deposits occupy a position 

 about sixty feet above the flood plain of Delaware 

 river. Most of the artifacts which have been col- 

 lected come from the Lalor and Abbott farms 

 just to the south of Trenton. In the Trenton Folio 

 of the U. S. Geological Survey the bed containing 

 the artifacts, referred to locally as the "yellow 

 drift," has been mapped with the Cape May for- 

 mation. The geologic development of the Tren- 

 ton district is treated briefly and is followed by a. 

 discussion of the topography, drainage, valley 

 sculpturing, and geologic age of the terrace de- 

 posits. The petrologic character of the material 

 from the trenches is also considered, as well as 

 the red band deposits which have been found in 

 the artifact-bearing sands. 



Ardheological Work in Northern Nova Scotia: 



Harlan I. Smith. 



The archeological work in northern Nova Scotia, 

 carried on for the Geological Survey of Canada, 

 was chiefly in the shell-heaps of Merigomish harbor, 

 and resulted in obtaining perhaps the most com- 

 plete and detailed data thus far secured regarding 

 the archeology of Nova Scotia, as well as one of 

 the three largest collections of Nova-Scotian speci- 

 mens. No burials were discovered. These shell- 

 heaps are situated usually in the most sheltered 

 places, generally on southern shores; and on 

 islands rather than the mainland, although there 

 are some small heaps on the latter. The sites are 

 above high tide, but usually on low places sheltered 

 from the wind by bluffs. They are probably the 

 remains of Miemac villages. Chipped points of 

 stone for arrows, celts of stone, pottery, and sharp- 

 ened bones were very numerous. Little knives or 

 chisels, made from beaver teeth, harpoon points of 

 bone, and other artifacts were frequently found. 

 Gouges were entirely absent, although common 

 enough from Nova Scotia, and represented in 

 some collections by about as many specimens as 

 there are of celts. On the whole the quantity of 

 specimens found in the shell-heaps was much less 

 than would be found in some village sites in 

 southern Ontario. 



BemarJcable Stone Sculptures From Tale, British 



Columbia: Harlan I. Smith. 



Several remarkable stone sculptures, found near 

 Tale, British Columbia, are kept in private collec- 

 tions, but have been photographed for the Geo- 

 logical Survey of Canada. They are among the 

 most striking archeological sculptures known from 

 Canada. 



The Culture of a Prehistoric Iroquoian Site in 

 Eastern Ontario: W. J. Wintemberq. 

 The inhabitants of the Koebuck site, a prehistoric 

 Iroquoian palisaded village site in Grenville 

 county, Ontario, explored for the Geological Sur- 

 vey of Canada in 1912 and 1915, appear to have 

 been a peaceful agricultural people. Most of the 

 artifacts are those usually found on Iroquoian sites 

 in Ontario and New York state. Chipped stone 

 points for arrows and spears are scarce, although 

 those made of bone and antler are common. 

 Unilaterally and bilaterally barbed bone and ant- 

 ler points for harpoons, and barbed fish-hooks made 

 of bone, were found. Some of the pottery vessels 

 had handles. Awls are the most numerous objects 

 made of bone. A perforated wooden disk was 

 found in the muck surrounding a spring. Pieces 

 of carbonized rope or cord and a carbonized coarse 

 fabric are the only textiles recovered. Beads are 

 of bone, shell, stone, and pottery. Pieces of 

 human skull were fashioned into perforated round 

 gorgets. A few pieces of stone gorgets were also 

 found. Eubbed and also hollowed phalanx bones 

 of the deer, and disks rubbed and chipped, from 

 stone and potsherds, were used probably in playing 

 games. Some large awls or daggers were made 

 of human ulnse. Fragments of pottery pipes, 

 some having modeled human faces and animal 

 heads on the bowls, are numerous. Stone pipes 

 are scarce. Some pipes are made from deer scapu- 

 l£e. A phallus carved from antler was also found. 

 Eighty-three skeletons were exhumed. Judging 

 from the condition of stray human bones, cere- 

 monial cannibalism may have been practised. 

 Prehistoric Sites in Maine: Wakben K. Moore- 



HEAD. 



The department of archeology of Phillips Acad- 

 emy spent five seasons in the exploration of ancient 

 and modern Indian sites in Maine and New Bruns- 

 wick. The maps covering the regions visited record 

 more than three hundred places where former 

 aboriginal occupancy is in evidence. The purpose 

 of the work in Maine was to indicate the evidence 

 of aboriginal occupancy and to determine whether 

 the sites represent more than one culture. Sites 

 occupied by various divisions of the Algonquian 

 stock appear to be common, and range from those 

 indicating contact with Europeans to others which 

 appear to be prehistoric. 



Occupying an area of approximately one hun- 

 dred and fifty by one hundred kilometers in the 

 central southern portion of the state are certain 

 cemeteries or deposits of peculiar artifacts, accom- 

 panied by large quantities of brilliant red ochre or 



