﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  symmetrical, 
  but 
  in 
  some 
  examples 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  so 
  distinctly 
  

   curved 
  as 
  to 
  leave 
  no 
  doubt 
  of 
  their 
  being 
  knives. 
  This 
  is 
  true 
  of 
  

   other 
  forms. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  y2 
  is 
  an 
  unusual 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  triangular 
  arrow 
  or 
  knife, 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  truncate 
  base 
  and 
  convex 
  sides. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  one 
  and 
  

   one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  very 
  thin. 
  This 
  comes 
  from 
  Owego, 
  

   on 
  the 
  Susquehanna, 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  rare 
  in 
  this 
  state, 
  and 
  probably 
  

   elsewhere. 
  Neither 
  the 
  truncate 
  base, 
  nor 
  the 
  convex 
  edges 
  are 
  

   features 
  of 
  our 
  triangular 
  arrows. 
  Usually 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  indented, 
  and 
  

   the 
  sides 
  straight, 
  but 
  in 
  larger 
  implements 
  both 
  features 
  may 
  appear, 
  

   and 
  often 
  do, 
  separately 
  or 
  together. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  y-}^ 
  is 
  a 
  broad, 
  notched, 
  and 
  finely 
  serrated 
  arrow-head 
  of 
  dark 
  

   flint, 
  from 
  Seneca 
  river 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long. 
  Dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  serrated 
  flints 
  are 
  quite 
  rare 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  but 
  frequent 
  

   farther 
  west 
  and 
  south. 
  Those 
  most 
  distinctly 
  serrated, 
  and 
  preserv- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  knife 
  or 
  arrow 
  form, 
  have 
  been 
  considered 
  saws, 
  and 
  might 
  

   well 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  as 
  such. 
  This 
  was 
  Evans' 
  view 
  of 
  those 
  found 
  

   in 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  but 
  if 
  has 
  met 
  with 
  but 
  moderate 
  endorsement 
  here. 
  

   This 
  feature, 
  however, 
  is 
  so 
  conspicuous 
  in 
  some 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  here- 
  

   after 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  as 
  saws 
  in 
  this 
  paper, 
  simply 
  as 
  a 
  possible 
  use. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  74 
  is 
  a 
  thick 
  stemmed 
  arrow-head 
  of 
  dark 
  flint, 
  'two 
  and 
  one 
  

   half 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  found 
  on 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  It 
  is 
  distinctly 
  shoul- 
  

   dered, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  convex 
  base 
  and 
  edges. 
  The 
  form 
  is 
  quite 
  common. 
  

   Fig. 
  75 
  is 
  of 
  quite 
  a 
  different 
  character, 
  resembling 
  some 
  before 
  

   figured, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  narrower 
  base, 
  the 
  lateral 
  edges 
  also 
  presenting 
  

   two 
  nearly 
  straight 
  lines. 
  This 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   rather 
  thin 
  and 
  of 
  dark 
  common 
  hornstone, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  vicinity. 
  

   Fig. 
  j(i 
  is 
  quite 
  curious 
  in 
  form, 
  although 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  stemmed 
  arrows 
  

   with 
  expanding 
  bases. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  thick, 
  while 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  

   slender 
  in 
  outline, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  dark 
  flint, 
  two 
  inches 
  long. 
  The 
  work 
  is 
  

   rather 
  coarse. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  yy 
  is 
  almost 
  unique, 
  while 
  having 
  the 
  leading 
  features 
  of 
  some 
  

   preceding 
  forms. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  but 
  one 
  

   and 
  one 
  quarter 
  long, 
  broadly 
  shouldered, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  concave 
  ex- 
  

   panding 
  base. 
  The 
  straight 
  edges 
  meet 
  at 
  an 
  obtuse 
  angle. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  

   light 
  colored 
  flint, 
  rather 
  thick, 
  and 
  like 
  the 
  last, 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  