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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  made 
  from 
  fossils. 
  A 
  detailed 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  articles 
  discovered 
  in 
  

   the 
  lodge 
  refuse 
  heaps 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  accessions. 
  

  

  An 
  examination 
  and 
  comparison 
  of 
  these 
  articles 
  points 
  out 
  their 
  

   manufacture 
  by 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  They 
  are 
  similar 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  to 
  

   Seneca 
  articles 
  from 
  central 
  New 
  York 
  of 
  the 
  period 
  1654-1779. 
  

   They 
  are 
  so 
  dissimilar 
  to 
  types 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  Erie 
  and 
  Neutral 
  that 
  

   even 
  though 
  the 
  site 
  is 
  on 
  reputed 
  Erian 
  . 
  territory, 
  their 
  Seneca 
  

   origin 
  is 
  apparent. 
  

  

  The 
  Archeologist's 
  examination 
  of 
  this 
  site 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  many 
  others 
  

   in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  valley 
  only 
  confirms 
  the 
  conclusion 
  

   that 
  the 
  Senecas 
  occupied 
  the 
  valley 
  some 
  time 
  after 
  the 
  Erie 
  war 
  

   in 
  1654. 
  

  

  In 
  plate 
  11 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  pipes 
  are 
  illustrated; 
  that 
  these 
  pipes 
  

   are 
  not 
  Erian 
  but 
  Senecan 
  is 
  at 
  once 
  apparent 
  to 
  those 
  familiar 
  

   with 
  the 
  two 
  types. 
  

  

  Mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  site. 
  An 
  old 
  site 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  

   the 
  Cattaraugus 
  creek 
  was 
  examined 
  with 
  some 
  interesting 
  results. 
  

   Few 
  ash 
  pits 
  could 
  be 
  discovered 
  and 
  the 
  site 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  be- 
  

   longed 
  to 
  some 
  Preiroquoian 
  culture. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  pottery 
  to 
  

   be 
  found 
  but 
  notched 
  arrow 
  points 
  and 
  knives 
  were 
  common 
  on 
  

   the 
  surface, 
  as 
  also 
  were 
  celts 
  ; 
  gorgets 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  found 
  here. 
  

  

  Excavations 
  in 
  this 
  site 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  places 
  point 
  out 
  the 
  

   early 
  occupancy 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  by 
  a 
  Preiroquoian 
  people, 
  presumably 
  

   some 
  early 
  Algonquin 
  branch 
  familiar 
  with 
  soapstone 
  pots 
  but 
  

   unacquainted 
  with 
  pottery. 
  . 
  

  

  Several 
  sites 
  along 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  indicate 
  also 
  a 
  later 
  

   Algonquin 
  people 
  familiar 
  with 
  pottery. 
  A 
  good 
  example 
  of 
  such 
  

   a 
  site 
  is 
  the 
  crescentric 
  earthwork 
  near 
  Sheridan, 
  Chautauqua 
  co. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  site 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  were 
  found 
  over 
  

   a 
  hundred 
  flints 
  of 
  various 
  colors. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  

   from 
  Ohio. 
  

  

  Central 
  New 
  York 
  sites. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  interesting 
  sites 
  were 
  

   examined 
  in 
  Monroe, 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Livingston 
  counties. 
  Many 
  of 
  

   the 
  places 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  have 
  been 
  excavated 
  by 
  local 
  collectors, 
  

   but 
  a 
  number 
  are 
  yet 
  available. 
  Where 
  such 
  a 
  general 
  interest 
  

   prevails 
  in 
  archeology, 
  the 
  activity 
  of 
  collectors 
  in 
  excavating 
  the 
  

   sites 
  in 
  this 
  neighborhood 
  has 
  lessened 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  sites 
  avail- 
  

   able 
  to 
  archeologists 
  from 
  m.useums. 
  Hundreds 
  of 
  sites 
  in 
  the 
  

   Genesee 
  valley 
  have 
  been 
  opened 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  wealth 
  of 
  material 
  

   taken 
  out. 
  Nearly 
  a 
  month 
  was 
  spent 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  West 
  

   Rush, 
  Monroe 
  co, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  20 
  sites 
  examined 
  for 
  future 
  

  

  