NewYork State Museum Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter November 27, 1915, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y- under 

 the Act of August 24, 191 2. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for 

 in section 1103, act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 19, 1918 



Published monthly by The University of the Stite of New York 



Nos. 235, 236 ALBANY, N. Y. July-August, 1920 



The University of the State of New York 

 New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



THE ARCHEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK 



BY ARTHUR C. PARKER, ARCHEOLOGIST 



Part I 



FOREWORD 



This bulletin is intended as a general guide to New York arche- 

 ology. It has been written with a dual obligation in mind, — an obliga- 

 tion to science and to the interests of scientific men, and also to the 

 much larger body of amateur archeologists and collectors. Arche- 

 ology owes much to the local collector who has gathered his specimens 

 with the best light that he had. Much more might have been accom- 

 plished if a manual of this kind had been prepared many years ago. 

 This bulletin, therefore, is intended as a general work explaining 

 the held of archeology as it exists in this State. It does not purport 

 to be exhaustive or even complete in any of its parts. Almost any 

 division and any subject herein contained and described might form 

 the topic of a separate bulletin or an even larger treatise. Our aim 

 is rather to afford enough light to enable both the student and the 

 professional archeologist to understand the relation of New York 

 archeology to American archeology in general. Without doubt there 

 is enough to provoke further inquiry and to open up new channels of 

 endeavor. 



The bulletin is arranged in parts and subsections as follows: 



Introduction 



I Origin of Material Culture and the Distribution of the Various 

 Races of Man 



1 Importance of Archeological Research 



2 Origin of Material Culture and Human Progress 



3 Origin and Distribution of Man in North America 



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