﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIPPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  73 
  

  

  west 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  lake. 
  The 
  base 
  is 
  gone, 
  but 
  this 
  example 
  is 
  given 
  

   because 
  of 
  its 
  distinctly 
  serrate 
  character. 
  Another 
  broken 
  specimen, 
  

   of 
  bluish 
  flint, 
  now 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long, 
  is 
  as 
  serrate, 
  and 
  

   comes 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  vicinity. 
  Good 
  examples 
  should 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  

   southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  but 
  none 
  have 
  yet 
  been 
  reported. 
  

  

  FL.INT 
  HA9IME2RS 
  

  

  Flint 
  hammers 
  have 
  thus 
  far 
  been 
  more 
  frequently 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  

   lower 
  Mohawk 
  valley 
  than 
  elsewhere. 
  They 
  are 
  rude 
  nodules 
  of 
  

   flint, 
  showing 
  traces 
  of 
  hammering, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  of 
  chipping, 
  but 
  

   were 
  naturally 
  used 
  but 
  little 
  in 
  a 
  land 
  where 
  field 
  stones 
  are 
  abundant. 
  

   They 
  differ 
  much 
  from 
  the 
  so-called 
  hammer-stones. 
  Fig. 
  202 
  shows 
  

   one 
  from 
  Spraker's 
  basin, 
  which 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  

   across, 
  and 
  just 
  a 
  third 
  as 
  thick, 
  one 
  broad 
  surface 
  being 
  quite 
  flat. 
  

   Fig. 
  203 
  is 
  more 
  characteristic, 
  and 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  This 
  

   is 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  an 
  inch 
  thick. 
  Fig. 
  204 
  is 
  

   a 
  smaller 
  one, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  each 
  way. 
  

   Smaller 
  ones 
  yet 
  appear. 
  A 
  more 
  remarkable 
  one 
  comes 
  from 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  lake, 
  which 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches 
  long. 
  Its 
  peculiar 
  

   feature 
  is 
  the 
  rough 
  grinding 
  in 
  two 
  contiguous 
  planes 
  at 
  one 
  end. 
  

   Flint 
  is 
  rarely 
  ground 
  here, 
  but 
  when 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  the 
  result 
  

   is 
  commonly 
  a 
  polish. 
  A 
  few 
  chipped 
  hammers 
  of 
  greenstone 
  present 
  

   nothing 
  worthy 
  of 
  remark, 
  except 
  a 
  slight 
  expansion 
  at 
  one 
  end. 
  

   They 
  are 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  inches 
  long. 
  The 
  ordinary 
  hammer- 
  

   stones, 
  and 
  the 
  common 
  field 
  stones 
  perhaps 
  restricted 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   these 
  ruder 
  implements. 
  The 
  faceted 
  and 
  picked 
  balls 
  of 
  stone, 
  

   possibly 
  used 
  in 
  war 
  clubs, 
  properly 
  belong 
  in 
  another 
  class. 
  

  

  i 
  MISCELLANEOUS 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  many 
  odd 
  flint 
  forms 
  of 
  uncertain 
  character. 
  Fig. 
  205 
  

   represents 
  one 
  of 
  these, 
  being 
  a 
  fragment 
  of 
  some 
  article 
  unknown. 
  

   It 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  a 
  knife, 
  but 
  is 
  strongly 
  suggestive 
  of 
  the 
  fine 
  

   stone 
  sceptres 
  found 
  of 
  late 
  in 
  Illinois 
  and 
  Tennessee. 
  In 
  that 
  case 
  

   this 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  base. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  thin, 
  

   light 
  drab 
  flint, 
  neatly 
  worked, 
  and 
  is 
  yet 
  over 
  three 
  inches 
  long. 
  It 
  

   is 
  broken 
  where 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  fossils 
  crossed 
  the 
  stone. 
  

  

  