﻿ABORIGINAL 
  CHIFPED 
  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  found 
  on 
  village 
  sites, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  remote 
  from 
  water, 
  and 
  undoubt- 
  

   edly 
  were 
  some 
  form 
  of 
  quoit, 
  or 
  they 
  might 
  also 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  

   somewhat 
  like 
  the 
  southern 
  chungke 
  stone. 
  They 
  occur 
  in 
  many 
  

   places 
  where 
  they 
  have 
  attracted 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  attention. 
  Fig. 
  211 
  

   represents 
  an 
  example, 
  made 
  from 
  red 
  sandstone. 
  This 
  has 
  no 
  

   notches, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  village 
  site 
  in 
  Cayuga 
  county, 
  four 
  miles 
  

   from 
  any 
  water 
  where 
  nets 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  used. 
  Notched 
  forms, 
  

   however, 
  occur 
  in 
  earthworks 
  from 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  to 
  three 
  miles 
  

   from 
  water. 
  Fig. 
  212 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  notched 
  form, 
  three 
  

   and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  by 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  grey 
  

   sandstone 
  sinker 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  from 
  Cross 
  lake, 
  and 
  is 
  rather 
  thin. 
  

   The 
  larger 
  sinkers 
  usually 
  have 
  four 
  notches. 
  Grooved 
  sinkers 
  or 
  

   anchors 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  and 
  ruder 
  forms 
  scarcely 
  require 
  illustration. 
  

   One 
  of 
  coarse 
  sandstone 
  comes 
  from 
  Brewerton, 
  and 
  is 
  six 
  inches 
  

   long 
  by 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  wide, 
  the 
  thickness 
  being 
  three 
  inches. 
  

   On 
  the 
  flattened 
  surface, 
  lengthwise, 
  a 
  broad 
  and 
  deep 
  groove 
  goes 
  

   all 
  the 
  way 
  around. 
  Few 
  worked 
  anchors 
  are 
  found. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  forms 
  of 
  chipped 
  stone 
  imple- 
  

   ments 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  They 
  preceded 
  and 
  survived 
  the 
  finer 
  

   articles 
  of 
  polished 
  stone, 
  which 
  is 
  naturally 
  the 
  next 
  subject 
  to 
  be 
  

   treated, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  New 
  York 
  furnishes 
  so 
  many 
  good 
  examples. 
  

   That 
  every 
  important 
  locality 
  will 
  yield 
  striking 
  varieties 
  of 
  chipped 
  

   implements 
  not 
  here 
  illustrated, 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  expected. 
  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   such 
  a 
  paper 
  is 
  to 
  furnish 
  information, 
  but 
  yet 
  more 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  

   comparison, 
  so 
  that 
  collectors 
  may 
  judge 
  of 
  the 
  real 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   articles 
  they 
  find, 
  and 
  thus 
  be 
  induced 
  to 
  contribute 
  rare 
  specimens 
  

   to 
  this 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  museum. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  many 
  articles 
  depends 
  

   greatly 
  upon 
  the 
  places 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  found, 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  good 
  

   record 
  of 
  localities 
  is 
  essential 
  to 
  scientific 
  progress. 
  A 
  good 
  local 
  

   map, 
  on 
  which 
  sites 
  may 
  be 
  placed; 
  a 
  book 
  of 
  outHnes, 
  however 
  rude, 
  

   with 
  descriptive 
  notes, 
  will 
  aid 
  greatly 
  in 
  doing 
  a 
  noble 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  

   people 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  These 
  every 
  collector 
  should 
  have. 
  

  

  