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New York State MuS^m Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter November 27. ig^s 

 if the act o " 

 of postage 



%e Post Office at Albany, New York 

 under the act of August 24, 1912. ^Ac^eptance for mailing at special rate 

 ovided {qjt'tri sednelh 1103, act of October 3, 1917, 



Published m< 



^/fiPRhonWl July 19, 1918 



university of the State of New York 



Nos. 235, 236 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



July-August 1920 



The University of tlie 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 



PAGE 



Foreword 5 



Introduction 7 



I The Origin of Material^ Cul- 

 ture and the Distribution of 

 the Various Races of Man 13 



1 The Importance of Arche- 



ological Research 13 



2 The Origin of Material Cul- 



ture and Human Progress 1 4 



3 The Origin and Distribution 



of Man in North America 1 8 

 II The Aboriginal Occupation of 



New York 30 



1 Physiographic Features In- 



viting Occupation 30 



2 The Field of Archeology in 



New York 34 



3 Problems in New York 



Archeology 37 



III Evidences of Various Occupa- 

 tions 39 



1 The Relative Frequency of 



Artifacts 42 



2 The Algonkian Occupation 



of New York 46 



3 The Eskimo like Culture , . 79 



4 The Mound-builder Occu- 



pation of New York 83 



5 The Iroquois Occupation of 



New York 98 



IV Certain Type Sites Intensively 



Explored 162 



Burning Spring Prehistoric 

 Iroquoian Site. Arthur 

 C. Parker 162 



PAGE 



A Prehistoric Iroquoian Vil- 

 lage and Burial Site in Chau- 

 tauqua County. Arthur 

 C. Parker 170 



A Prehistoric Iroquoian Site. 

 Arthur C. Parker 182 



A Midcolonial Seneca Site in 

 Erie County. M. Raymond 

 Harrington 207 



Double Wall Fort. M. Ray- 

 mond Harrington 237 



The Ripley Erie Site. Arthur 

 C. Parker. 246 



Notes on Ancient Semicircular 

 Earthwork in Chautauqua 

 County. M. Raymond 

 Harrington 307 



The Le Roy Iroquoian Earth- 

 work, Genesee County. E. 

 G. Squier 310 



The Shelby Earthworks. 

 Frank H. Gushing 313 



Prehistoric Iroquois Sites in 

 Northern New York. M. 

 R. Harrington 315 



The Owasco Algonkian Site. 

 Arthur C. Parker 340 



Two Characteristic Coastal 

 Algonkian Sites. "Arthur 



C. Parke;b. . . v-^. . ..^, 344 



V Notes pn'Ceiitg^ Arc^eold^i- 



caJ'Sulijects. V. . . 349 



Index. ./: aV 437 



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Mi37r-My 20-3400 



ALBANY \ ^ 

 THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF ^W YDRK?* 

 1922 



