﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  nent 
  distinctions. 
  The 
  same 
  considerations 
  have 
  their 
  application 
  

   to 
  very 
  many 
  other 
  things. 
  Closely 
  related 
  as 
  they 
  were, 
  each 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  nation 
  had 
  its 
  own 
  fashions. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  48 
  is 
  not 
  common, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  somewhat 
  coarse. 
  The 
  

   basal 
  line 
  is 
  also 
  convex, 
  a 
  rare 
  feature 
  in 
  this 
  form, 
  unless 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  central 
  notch 
  or 
  double 
  curve, 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  following. 
  The 
  

   lateral 
  notches 
  are 
  also 
  deep, 
  and 
  the 
  implement 
  is 
  beveled. 
  It 
  is 
  

   of 
  brown 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  

   the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  Fig. 
  49, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  

   rare, 
  though 
  quite 
  variable. 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  brown 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  basal 
  width 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  sixteenths 
  inches. 
  

   The 
  notches 
  are 
  quite 
  deep, 
  and 
  the 
  cutting 
  edges 
  convex. 
  The 
  base 
  

   is 
  hardly 
  as 
  concave 
  as 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  this 
  form, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  wide 
  dis- 
  

   tribution, 
  extending 
  far 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  west. 
  Fig. 
  50 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   general 
  form, 
  but 
  has 
  a 
  hollower 
  base 
  and 
  straighter 
  edge. 
  This 
  

   is 
  of 
  brownish 
  white 
  flint, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  Brewerton, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  

   Oneida 
  lake, 
  for 
  ages 
  a 
  favorite 
  resort 
  of 
  the 
  aborigines. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  

   and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long. 
  Fig. 
  51 
  is 
  of 
  dark 
  brown 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  

   seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  the 
  base 
  being 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  

   wide. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  concave, 
  and 
  the 
  implement 
  is 
  thick. 
  It 
  comes 
  

   from 
  Onondaga 
  lake. 
  Fig. 
  52 
  is 
  another, 
  made 
  of 
  common 
  horn- 
  

   stone, 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  concave 
  base. 
  The 
  full 
  length 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  

   quarter 
  inches, 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  wide. 
  It 
  

   was 
  found 
  at 
  Baldwinsville, 
  and 
  the 
  form 
  is 
  rather 
  frequent 
  in 
  that 
  

   vicinity. 
  A 
  much 
  smaller 
  one, 
  with 
  some 
  peculiarities, 
  comes 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  place. 
  It 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  over 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  

   much 
  deeper 
  and 
  more 
  indented. 
  This 
  form 
  even 
  occurs 
  in 
  quartz, 
  

   but 
  with 
  less 
  elaboration. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  arrow-heads 
  have 
  peculiar 
  features, 
  and 
  

   slender 
  ones, 
  with 
  one 
  sided 
  bases, 
  occur 
  occasionally. 
  Fig. 
  53 
  is 
  

   a 
  good 
  illustration 
  of 
  these. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  sixteenths 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  quite 
  inequilateral 
  in 
  every 
  w^ay, 
  so 
  much 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   make 
  it 
  a 
  question 
  whether 
  it 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  knife. 
  

   They 
  are 
  hardly 
  common, 
  and 
  those 
  figured 
  here 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   river. 
  Fig. 
  54 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  these, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  but 
  propor- 
  

   tionally 
  much 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  last. 
  It 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  over 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  

  

  