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there is a Y-shaped crack. One of the points is also fractured so 

 that it presents a wedge-shaped break. The vessel was found in 

 a rock shelter and still has upon one side to the left and below 

 the broken point an eroded surface yet covered with dry moss. 

 In size, form and decoration it is similar to the many fragments of 

 pottery from the ^lohawk valley, in the collection. Nearly all the 

 vessels seem to have been as large or considerably larger than the 

 Thompson specimen. 



The specimens in Professor Thompson's collection marked from 

 the Champlain valley indicate there was a continued occupation of 

 the people who made polished stone implements such as bird stones, 

 banner stones, boat stones and gorgets. Ungrooved axes or celts 

 are numerous in this collection and there is a good representation 

 •of gouges. Grooved axes are represented by a number of good 

 specimens. 



A very interesting locality represented by relics is that in the 

 vicinity of Schaghticoke in the Hoosick valley. The chipped flint 

 implements from this region are numerous and varied in ma- 

 terial and form. There are numerous large cache blades, large 

 spearheads, arrow points and an abundance of unworked and re- 

 jected flint material. There are also flint hammers and abrading 

 stones. The ordinary celt does not seem to be abundant in this 

 region, there being an almost equal number of grooved axes. There 

 is no clay pottery among the acquisitions of this collection but a 

 considerable number of broken soapstone potsherds. The largest 

 and most finely worked pestle is from this vicinity. It is long 

 and slender and as perfectly formed as can be expected from 

 early artisans. In length it is 21^ inches and the diameter of the 

 lower or pounding end is i^^ inches. This tapers to a diameter 

 at the top of three-fourths of an inch. The material seems to be 

 a compact schist of dark color. There are smaller pestles well 

 worked, some being less than 8 inches in length. Stone choppers 

 or crude axes chipped from quartz and limestone were common 

 on the Hoosick valley sites. Among the polished stone implements 

 may be mentioned fragments of finely wrought banner stones in- 

 cluding one specimen partially drilled but unfinished. 



There are three fragments of the semilunar knife and one entire 

 but unfinished specimen. The largest specimen in the State Museum 

 collection from this vicinity was that presented by Albert C. Hurd 

 and reported two years ago. 



Important specimens from the vicinity of Catskill are sinew 

 stones, several finely wrought pestles, several disklike stones and 

 one fine specimen of a semilunar knife. 



