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Prehistory is our primary object. We intend if possible to bring 

 into the intellectual grasp of the men of today the life and conditions 

 of the various peoples who held the Empire State before us. To 

 attain the highest results the cooperation of every citizen interested 

 in history and archeology is invited. Information as to the localities 

 of aboriginal occupation is highly desirable. Donations of col- 

 lections accompanied by as complete data as possible are especially 

 sought. It is our desire to keep in touch with every one interested 

 in New York archeology and ethnology and any correspondence 

 upon these or kindred subjects will ever be welcome. 



SOURCES OF INFORMATION 



In New York State we may expect to obtain archeological data 

 principally from the following named sources : 



I General Areas 

 I Inhabited areas 

 a Village sites 

 b Camp sites 

 c Shell heaps 



2 Defensive works 



a Fort rings 



b Fort hills or points 



c Palisaded fort sites 



3 Places of industry 



a Workshop sites 

 b Quarries 

 c Garden beds 



4 Places for disposing of the dead 



a Cemeteries or burial grounds 



5 Places of conflict 



a Battlefields 



6 Routes of traffic and travel 



a Trails 



7 Occasional or rare places 



a River gravels 



b Drift deposits 



c Swamps 



d River and lake bottoms 



e River and lake shores 



/ Ceremonial districts and are^s ■ • 



