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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  therefore 
  must 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  character 
  normal 
  to 
  the 
  race. 
  The 
  

   platycnemic 
  tibiae 
  are 
  all 
  those 
  of 
  adults, 
  those 
  of 
  adolescents 
  being 
  

   less 
  pronounced. 
  The 
  indexes 
  taken 
  from 
  specimens 
  range 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

  

  Number 
  

  

  Length 
  

  

  Diameters 
  

  

  Index 
  

  

  4540 
  

  

  broken 
  - 
  

  

  20 
  -39 
  

  

  51.3 
  

  

  4700 
  

  

  broken 
  

  

  19 
  -34 
  

  

  55-8 
  

  

  4546 
  

  

  broken 
  

  

  23 
  -39 
  

  

  56.4 
  

  

  4536 
  B 
  

  

  390 
  

  

  21-5-38 
  

  

  56.6 
  

  

  4536 
  A 
  

  

  38i 
  

  

  21.5-38 
  

  

  56.6 
  

  

  4538 
  

  

  402 
  

  

  23 
  -38 
  

  

  60.5 
  

  

  454i 
  

  

  Z7& 
  

  

  22 
  -36 
  

  

  61. 
  1 
  

  

  4542 
  

  

  355 
  

  

  22 
  -36 
  

  

  61. 
  1 
  

  

  4544 
  

  

  367 
  

  

  ^ 
  -35 
  

  

  62 
  . 
  09 
  

  

  4543 
  

  

  398 
  

  

  25 
  -38 
  

  

  68.4 
  

  

  4547 
  

  

  336 
  

  

  24 
  -33 
  

  

  72.7 
  

  

  4545 
  

  

  365 
  

  

  24 
  -33 
  

  

  72.7 
  

  

  Humeri. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  humeri 
  frum 
  the 
  Gerry 
  site 
  

   revealed 
  a 
  percentage 
  of 
  40 
  with 
  the 
  perforated 
  olecranon 
  

   cavity. 
  In 
  the 
  Edson-Reed 
  donation 
  from 
  the 
  Dennison 
  site 
  are 
  19 
  

   humeri, 
  12 
  perforated 
  and 
  7 
  nonperforated. 
  This 
  gives 
  a 
  percent- 
  

   age 
  of 
  58.3 
  perforated. 
  The 
  tibiae 
  from 
  the 
  site 
  are 
  greatly 
  flat- 
  

   tened, 
  some 
  giving 
  an 
  index 
  of 
  i8mm-35mm=; 
  51.7. 
  That 
  the 
  per- 
  

   forations 
  are 
  natural 
  and 
  not 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  decay 
  of 
  the 
  septum 
  is 
  

   patent 
  from 
  a 
  microscopical 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  per- 
  

   forations 
  where 
  the 
  external 
  osseous 
  surface 
  appears 
  unbroken. 
  

   In 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  nonperforated 
  specimens 
  the 
  osseous 
  septum 
  is 
  of 
  

   tissue 
  thinness 
  and 
  is 
  translucent 
  when 
  held 
  to 
  the 
  light. 
  Where 
  

   one 
  of 
  these 
  has 
  become 
  broken 
  the 
  fracture 
  line 
  is 
  radically 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  from 
  the 
  border 
  of 
  natural 
  perforation. 
  Some 
  superficial 
  in- 
  

   vestigators 
  have 
  endeavored 
  to 
  explain 
  these 
  perforations 
  by 
  the 
  

   disappearance 
  of 
  the 
  septum 
  by 
  decay, 
  but 
  even 
  a 
  hasty 
  examination 
  

   fails 
  to 
  justify 
  this 
  assumption. 
  

  

  Artifacts. 
  Pottery. 
  The 
  specimens 
  of 
  pottery 
  secured 
  in 
  the 
  

   Cassadaga 
  valley 
  consist 
  entirely 
  of 
  fragments. 
  Several 
  crushed 
  

   pots, 
  however, 
  may 
  be 
  restored. 
  In 
  thickness 
  this 
  pottery 
  is 
  less 
  

   than 
  that 
  from 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie. 
  It 
  is 
  mostly 
  tempered 
  

   with 
  pulverized 
  shell 
  and 
  is 
  comparatively 
  light 
  in 
  weight. 
  

   The 
  incised 
  designs 
  are 
  few 
  and 
  simple 
  in 
  character 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  

   the 
  early 
  Iroquoian 
  style. 
  Nearly 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  

   ash 
  pits, 
  although 
  a 
  few 
  fragments 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  grave 
  filling, 
  

  

  