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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  they 
  supplemented 
  with 
  flint 
  in 
  the 
  block 
  obtained 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  

   trade 
  with 
  neighbors 
  occupying 
  a 
  flint-producing 
  region. 
  In 
  

   Queensbury, 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  occupants 
  of 
  all 
  periods 
  using 
  the 
  local 
  

   quartzite 
  pebbles 
  freely 
  for 
  long 
  axes, 
  celts/ 
  or 
  hand 
  axes, 
  the 
  

   larger 
  class 
  of 
  spears 
  and 
  knives, 
  and 
  scrapers 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  local 
  

   sandstones 
  supplied 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  harder 
  material 
  

   for 
  certain 
  gouges 
  and 
  adzes. 
  Laminae 
  of 
  fine 
  

   sandstone 
  served 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  finely 
  

   wrought 
  knives 
  and 
  lanceheads. 
  The 
  Eskimo 
  

   worked 
  the 
  silex, 
  or 
  white 
  flint 
  deposit, 
  on 
  

   French 
  mountain 
  for 
  material 
  in 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facture 
  of 
  large 
  knives 
  and 
  spears, 
  and 
  even 
  

   small 
  arrowheads, 
  while 
  the 
  neighboring 
  slate 
  

   quarries 
  of 
  Washington 
  county 
  served 
  him 
  in 
  

   the 
  matter 
  of 
  material 
  for 
  slate 
  knives, 
  ground 
  

   and 
  unground. 
  And 
  certain 
  ceremonial 
  stones, 
  

   as 
  the 
  perforated 
  gorget, 
  bird 
  and 
  bar 
  amulet, 
  

   and 
  often 
  a 
  banner 
  stone, 
  used 
  by 
  his 
  predeces- 
  

   sors, 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material. 
  Many 
  chisels 
  

   and 
  axes 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  limestone 
  

   of 
  the 
  region, 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  favorite 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  high 
  polish 
  it 
  takes. 
  Greenstone 
  and 
  

   conglomerate 
  pebbles 
  were 
  utilized 
  for 
  celts 
  

   and 
  banner 
  stones. 
  At 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Glen 
  lake 
  

   was 
  found 
  a 
  thick 
  celt, 
  or 
  hand 
  axe, 
  of 
  brown 
  

   hematite, 
  or 
  ironstone. 
  Hornstone 
  and 
  various 
  

   flints 
  often 
  occur 
  in 
  limestone 
  deposits 
  ; 
  and 
  

   doubtless 
  the 
  native 
  miner 
  understood 
  the 
  lo- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  material 
  of 
  such 
  value 
  to 
  him, 
  in 
  

   these 
  eastern 
  tracts. 
  Nevertheless 
  much 
  flint 
  

   in 
  the 
  rough 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  in 
  from 
  

   the 
  western 
  sources. 
  1 
  

  

  Typical 
  gouge 
  from 
  

   Warren 
  county 
  

  

  ARCHEOLOGICAL 
  COLLECTIONS 
  

   Among 
  other 
  interesting 
  objects 
  are 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  flints 
  from 
  

   Green 
  Island 
  and 
  a 
  semilunar 
  or 
  woman's 
  knife 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hoosic 
  river. 
  This 
  latter 
  object 
  was 
  donated 
  to 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  by 
  Mr 
  Albert 
  Hurd, 
  of 
  Troy, 
  and 
  represents 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   largest 
  semilunars 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  and 
  valu- 
  

   able 
  specimen 
  and 
  its 
  donor 
  is 
  entitled 
  to 
  special 
  thanks. 
  A 
  

   representation 
  of 
  this 
  knife 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  figure. 
  

  

  See 
  N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  Hist. 
  Rept. 
  by 
  Auringer, 
  8: 
  102-12. 
  

  

  