INDEX 



Abbott, Charles C, mentioned, 8 



Abenaki tribe, 158 



Abnormalities in skeletons, 222 



Aborigines, American (see also In- 

 dians) study of, 13; distribution of, 

 18; derived from early Asiatics, 

 23; range of stocks, 25-27 



Abrading implement (see sinew stone, 

 grinding stone), 436 



Absence of types. 132 



Acorn pit (pi. 39), 127; mentioned, 

 224, 226 



Adirondack, 156, 158 



Adz, general notes on, 349; picture 

 (pi. 109), 350; Algonkian, 62 



Agriculture, of mound culture, 86; 

 of Iroquois, 132, 134 



Algonkian-Iroquoian, type of pipe, 



245 



Algonkian occupation, 40, 41 ; arti- 

 facts found in sites of, 44; of New- 

 York, 46; characteristic sites, 48- 

 50; not uniform, 52; pottery of, 

 70^73 ; near Plattsburg, 79 ; pot- 

 tery of, 137 ; of Jefferson county, 

 316; site on Owasco outlet, 340; 

 pottery from, 342 ; coastal pottery, 

 345 ; shell heaps of, 348 ; polished 

 slate in, 430 



Algonkian stock, area of, 25 ; range 

 of, 41 ; map showing New York 

 area, 47 



Amateur archeologist, 403 ; advice to, 



445 



America, not inhabited in earliest 

 times, 19-20; peopling of, 24 



American and Asiatic, compared, 23 



American Anthropologist, cited, foot- 

 note, 98, 377 



American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, work reliable, 42; expedition 



of, 344 

 American race, characteristics of, 23 ; 

 not Asiatics, 23 ; language, 23 ; 

 stocks of, 25-27 



Amidon, Dr R. W., collection, 77, 78, 

 450 



Ancient man, story of important, 13; 

 in Europe, 18-19; 375 



Ancient semicircular earth work in 

 Chautauqua county, described, 307 

 (see also Sheridan site) 



Animal bones, in pits, 168; at Rich- 

 mond Mills, 192 ; split for marrow, 

 201 ; Silverheels site, 225 ; Le Roy, 

 312; Jefferson county, 332; Ma- 

 tinicock, 344; 370 



Animal life, source of food supply, 

 21, 22 



Animal teeth, 192 



Animals, game, of New York, 32 



Animals, influence of upon civiliza- 

 tion, 34 



Ankylosis, 222, 271 



Anthropology, 14 



Antler, general notes on. 351 ; Algon- 

 kian uses of, 76; image, 117; 198; 

 objects of, 200; spear, 214; combs 

 (fig. 26), 199; (fig- 27), 200; at 

 Ripley (pi. 99), 303; worked, 346; 

 implements, 348 



Antler arrowhead, 296, 335 



Anvil, general notes on, 351; 108; 

 from Richmond Mills, 192; Ripley, 

 278 



Archeological History of Ohio, cited, 

 448 



Archeological research. 13 ; functions 

 of, 14, 18; in New York, 35 



Archeology, 5 ; in New York. 7 ; 

 students of, 8; value of, 9; interest 

 in, 10; scope of, 14; schools of, 

 16; discoveries of, 19; New York 

 field of, 34; of New York, 35; 

 problems of in New York. 37 ; 

 may become a statistical science, 

 42; Algonkian, 46; Eskimoan. 79; 

 Mound Builder culture. 85; Iro- 

 quoian, 106; red paint, 227 



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