Published monthly by the 



New York State Education Department 



BULLETIN 418 DECEMBER I907 



New York State Museum 



^ John M, Clarke, Director 



Bulletin 117 

 ARCHEOLOGY 14 



EXCAVATIONS IN AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND 

 BURI^ SITE AT RIPLEY, CHAUTAUQUA CO., N. Y. 



BEING THE RECORD OF THE STATE MUSEUM ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION OF I906 



ARTHUR C. PARKER 



Archeologist 



PAGE 



Pt I Archeology in New York . . 459 



Introduction 459 



Present field of ethnology 401 



The field of archeology 468 



Sources of information 469 



Methods of collecting material. 471 

 Pt 2 Record of excavations at 



Ripley 473 



Foreword 473 



General region 473 



Ripley site 475 



Surface features 475 



Evidence of occupation 476 



Village section 476 



Ripley site (continued). page 



Diminution of the village 



plot ., 477 



Method of excavating in the 



village section 478 



Method of excavating graves. 479 

 Extracts describing pits in 



the village site 480 



Significance of data 518 



Identity of inhabitants 525 



Description of implements.. 531 



Carbonized substances 546 



Pigments 547 



Articles found in vicinity 547 



Index 549 



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