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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



So far, the artifacts of a single culture have been considered. In 

 larger areas where there is a mixture of cultures a second plan 

 will be to determine the relative number of artifacts found on 

 (A) Algonkian sites, (M) mound builder sites, (7) Iroquois sites, 

 (E) Eskimoan sites, (U) indeterminate sites. For the purposes 

 of this paper we will grant that most of the articles considered are 

 all from known sites, or that they may otherwise be identified. 



Again everything is counted this time without regard to cultural 

 origin. All specimens are massed together in one grand aggregate 

 and then sifted for their cultural place. In a collection of 20,000 

 specimens^ we should expect to find the articles falling into groups 

 in the following way: 



ARTICLE 



ALGONKIAN 



IROQUOIS 



MOUND 



ESKIM- 

 OAN 



UNDE- 

 TERMINED 



TOTAL 



Hammerstones. . . 



Anvils 



Mullers 



Celts 



Gouges 



Adzes 



I 000 

 100 



50 



100 



50 



60 



20 



100 



800 



14 

 20 



15 



35 



I 000 



75 



50 



150 



5 



20 

 750 



25 



1 000 



2 000 



50 



2 000 



20 



2 

 I 000 



100 

 20 



5 

 15 



5 



20 



2 



5 

 25 



I 



15 



5 

 15 



5 



10 

 50 

 50 



2 



I 000 



50 



5 



2 



200 



10 



5 



2 

 3 

 5 



5 

 20 



I 



5 

 50 



150 



I 

 10 



40 

 25 



5 

 23 

 25 

 10 



10 



5 



I 



5 

 5 



5 



5 

 800 



50 



I 

 200 



2 150 

 225 

 IIO 

 290 



83 

 100 



Grooved axes .... 

 Grooved weights. . 



Net sinkers 



Sinew stones 



Bannerstones 



Bird stones 



Gorgets 



Plummets 



22 



140 



I 600 



17 



35 

 20 



50 



5 



25 



50 



1 300 



2 100 



8 



17 000 



2 300 



22 



2 



31 



105 



2 210 



Other ceremonials 



Stone pipes 



Bone implements 



Shell beads 



Stone tubes 



Notched flints.. . . 

 Triangular flints . . 

 Pottery vessels . . . 

 Steatite vessels . . . 

 Copper articles . . . 



Pestles 



Other articles. . . . 



10 



10 



200 



50 

 I 



5 000 



200 



I 



2 



25 

 100 

 800 





8 763 



8 147 



I 608 



267 



I 215 



20 000 



From a table of this kind we may estimate the degree of cultural 

 wealth, the duration of occupation, the presence or absence of certain 



^ This labulalion is based on a careful estimate of artifacts from the 



heart of New York State extending from Oneida lake to the Genesee. A 



tabulation of the entire State or for other areas in the State would change 

 tliese figures. 



