﻿POLISHED 
  STONE 
  ARTICLES 
  USED 
  BY 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ABORIGINES 
  7 
  

  

  POLISHED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  OF 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  ' 
  In 
  considering 
  polished 
  stone 
  articles 
  as 
  a 
  class, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   divide 
  some 
  departments, 
  as 
  pipes, 
  ornaments, 
  and 
  vessels 
  of 
  various 
  

   kinds, 
  much 
  alike 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  use, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  material. 
  The 
  modes 
  

   of 
  manufacturing 
  these, 
  however, 
  are 
  sometimes 
  so 
  different 
  that 
  

   no 
  farther 
  excuse 
  need 
  be 
  made. 
  Clay 
  and 
  stone 
  specially 
  mark 
  

   eras 
  in 
  human 
  progress. 
  

  

  Under 
  this 
  head 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  included 
  picked 
  implements, 
  for 
  

   picking 
  was 
  commonly 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  forming 
  polished 
  

   articles, 
  which 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  all 
  stages 
  of 
  development. 
  The 
  picked 
  

   implement 
  was 
  rarely 
  finished. 
  Sometimes 
  grinding 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  

   act 
  of 
  all, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  general. 
  A 
  few 
  stones, 
  naturally 
  formed 
  for 
  

   use, 
  might 
  receive 
  an 
  edge 
  at 
  once. 
  More 
  commonly 
  they 
  were 
  

   <:hipped, 
  picked 
  and 
  polished 
  as 
  time 
  or 
  needs 
  permitted. 
  This 
  is 
  

   most 
  frequently 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  celts 
  and 
  gouges, 
  where 
  the 
  

   same 
  site 
  may 
  yield 
  every 
  gradation, 
  from 
  the 
  rudest 
  to 
  the 
  finest, 
  

   and 
  sometimes 
  unite 
  every 
  process 
  in 
  one 
  implement. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  unfinished 
  articles 
  of 
  a 
  high 
  grade 
  is 
  quite 
  sug- 
  

   gestive, 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  found 
  on 
  small 
  camps, 
  not 
  indicative 
  

   of 
  long 
  continued 
  residence. 
  Among 
  others, 
  tubes, 
  banner 
  stones 
  

   and 
  pipes 
  were 
  thus 
  carried 
  about, 
  to 
  be 
  completed 
  in 
  the 
  leisure 
  

   moments 
  of 
  camp 
  life. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  finer 
  finished 
  articles 
  were 
  

   also 
  carried 
  on 
  journeys, 
  indicating 
  some 
  possible 
  use 
  away 
  from 
  

   home, 
  more 
  superstitious 
  or 
  common 
  place 
  than 
  ceremonial. 
  Some 
  

   features 
  of 
  this 
  distribution 
  will 
  appear 
  in 
  considering 
  these. 
  The 
  

   locality 
  in 
  which 
  others 
  were 
  found 
  will 
  point 
  out 
  modes 
  of 
  travel, 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  indicate 
  whence 
  the 
  travelers 
  came. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  results 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  work, 
  however, 
  will 
  be 
  in 
  

   determining 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  many 
  articles 
  hitherto 
  undated, 
  and 
  in 
  some- 
  

   times 
  assigning 
  them 
  to 
  their 
  true 
  makers. 
  Much 
  progress 
  has 
  

   already 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  this 
  comparative 
  study, 
  and 
  a 
  thorough 
  ex- 
  

   ploration 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  well 
  known 
  sites 
  would 
  give 
  valuable 
  results. 
  

   Several 
  kinds 
  of 
  stone 
  pipes 
  were 
  made 
  only 
  within 
  the 
  historic 
  

   period, 
  and 
  the 
  red 
  pipe 
  stone 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  first 
  appeared 
  in 
  New 
  

  

  