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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  also 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  Archeologist 
  to 
  instal 
  new 
  collections 
  

   and 
  rearrange 
  old 
  ones. 
  

  

  Condition 
  of 
  the 
  collections. 
  The 
  archeologic 
  material 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  accumulating 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  60 
  years 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  system- 
  

   atized 
  nor 
  properly 
  arranged. 
  This 
  is 
  due 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   until 
  now 
  there 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  a 
  permanent 
  curator 
  and, 
  largely 
  

   also, 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  adequate 
  space 
  nor 
  proper 
  

   cases 
  for 
  the 
  arrangement 
  and 
  exhibition 
  of 
  the 
  specimens. 
  Prob- 
  

   ably 
  two 
  thirds 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  is 
  in 
  storage 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  packed 
  

   so 
  long 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  unfamiliar 
  with 
  our 
  own 
  resources. 
  

  

  The 
  Archeologist 
  has 
  rearranged 
  the 
  ethnological 
  collection 
  in 
  

   the 
  Capitol 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  present 
  a 
  systematic 
  exhibition 
  of 
  specimens 
  

   illustrating 
  costumes, 
  weapons, 
  ornaments, 
  ceremonial 
  objects, 
  silver 
  

   work, 
  games 
  and 
  articles 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  food. 
  An 
  

   arbitrary 
  arrangement 
  of 
  things 
  by 
  classes, 
  such 
  as 
  wooden 
  objects, 
  

   metallic 
  objects, 
  etc., 
  is 
  objectionable. 
  Of 
  greater 
  human 
  interest 
  

   and 
  scientific 
  value 
  is 
  the 
  arrangement 
  according 
  to 
  use. 
  This 
  

   system 
  we 
  are 
  following. 
  

  

  Archeologic 
  and 
  modern 
  ethnologic 
  material 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  ex- 
  

   hibited 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  cases. 
  We 
  have, 
  therefore, 
  endeavored 
  to 
  

   separate 
  the 
  two 
  classes 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  crowded 
  conditions 
  would 
  permit. 
  

   The 
  rearrangement 
  of 
  the 
  archeologic 
  material 
  is 
  a 
  work 
  which 
  has 
  

   just 
  begun. 
  The 
  task 
  of 
  cataloguing 
  the 
  specimens 
  is 
  well 
  under 
  

   way. 
  No 
  museum 
  serial 
  catalogue 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  prepared 
  and 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  are 
  without 
  adequate 
  data 
  and 
  means 
  

   of 
  identification. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  remedied 
  at 
  once. 
  

  

  Publications. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  archeological 
  

   section 
  of 
  the 
  museum 
  depends 
  upon 
  the 
  facts 
  and 
  specimens 
  which 
  

   it 
  discovers 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  method 
  by 
  which 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   these 
  facts 
  and 
  artifacts 
  are 
  brought 
  to 
  public 
  notice. 
  Bearing 
  this 
  

   in 
  mind 
  the 
  Archeologist 
  prepared 
  a 
  bulletin 
  illustrating 
  and 
  de- 
  

   scribing 
  the 
  collection 
  which 
  he 
  secured 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1906. 
  

   This 
  work 
  is 
  entitled 
  Excavations 
  in 
  an 
  Erie 
  Indian 
  Village 
  and 
  

   Burial 
  Site 
  at 
  Ripley, 
  Chautauqua 
  Co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  As 
  a 
  work 
  it 
  has 
  

   had 
  a 
  very 
  favorable 
  reception 
  among 
  the 
  recognized 
  archeologists 
  

   of 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  Archeology 
  as 
  a 
  science 
  has 
  often 
  been 
  regarded 
  as 
  having 
  small 
  

   practical 
  bearing 
  upon 
  the 
  needs 
  and 
  requirements 
  of 
  practical 
  life. 
  

   This 
  is 
  not 
  entirely 
  true 
  and 
  to 
  awaken 
  a 
  wider 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  

   the 
  Archeologist 
  has 
  in 
  preparation 
  a 
  publication 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  be- 
  

   lieved 
  will 
  appeal 
  to 
  a 
  wide 
  circle 
  of 
  interests. 
  This 
  work, 
  Art 
  

  

  