THE AKCllEULOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK 187 



of Honeoye. Alvin H. Dewey, H. C. Follett and G. R. Mills of 

 Rochesler, and Frederick Houghton of Buffalo. A large share of 

 the earlier material found by individual collectors is in the New 

 York State Museum collection, but an even larger collection has 

 been acquired through the patient research of Mr Dewey assisted 

 by his enthusiastic helpers, Casper Keer, H. C. Follett and George 

 R. Mills. No graves were found until about 191 2, when Frederick 

 Houghton, excavating for the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 

 found a burial site on the projecting nose across the ravine east of 

 the spring and nearly opposite the falls. He found no objects in 

 the graves. Our examinations of this site made in 1905, 1910, 191 1 

 and 1 91 6, together with the records of Mr Follett and Mr Dewey, 

 have resulted in the series of notes here given. 



It was found that the soil in nearly every portion of the site was 

 deeply stained and that there were natural depressions irregular in 

 shape that seem to have been used as refuse dumps. Even after 

 much cultivalicn for farming purposes, the soil still shows blackened 

 areas that outline the village dumps. Some of these pits and deposits 

 are 6 or more feet in depth and filled with broken stone, ashes, 

 animal bones, charred corn, and broken implements with an occa- 

 sional fine specimen in good condition. As we have previously stated, 

 the larger deposits were along the northeast bank, sloping toward 

 the falls. In many of these sidehill dumps the debris in which ashes 

 are mingled are several feet in thickness and have led some exca- 

 vators to think that the site was occupied for a prolonged period. 

 Our opinion is, however, that a village of 150 to 200 people occupy- 

 ing this site for 10 years would produce the amount of ashes found 

 in the dumps, especially if refuse had been consumed as well as fuel, 

 but others strongly argue that the occupation was as long as 50 years. 



The present appearance of the site is that of a sloping sandy hill 

 edged by ravines and fringed wilh trees. The flanking brooks flow 

 the year around and the larger one has a considerable fall over 

 which the farm owners have built a bridge upon which the road 

 across the site runs. Above the falls it is possible to walk along 

 the edge of the brook and up the ravine for a considerable distance. 

 The ravine is wide and has a flat bottom which gives ample space 

 for the meandering of the stream. Near the upper end of the fort, 

 from the base, a natural trail runs up the embankment along the 

 projecting nose, but access was possible though not easy from almost 

 any other point. Along this embankment from the falls southward 

 and up the ravine the debris may be seen mixed with the talus. An 



