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  IULLETIN 
  418 
  DECEMBER 
  I907 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

  

  Bulletin 
  117 
  

   ARCHEOLOGY 
  14 
  

  

  EXCAVATIONS 
  IN 
  AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  

   BURIAL 
  SITE 
  AT 
  RIPLEY, 
  CHAUTAUQUA 
  CO., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  BEING 
  THE 
  RECORD 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  ARCHEOLOGICAL 
  EXPEDITION 
  OF 
  I906 
  

  

  BY 
  

  

  ARTHUR 
  C. 
  PARKER 
  

   Archeologist 
  

  

  page 
  

   Pt 
  1 
  Archeology 
  in 
  New 
  York.. 
  459 
  

  

  Introduction 
  459 
  

  

  Present 
  field 
  of 
  ethnology 
  461 
  

  

  The 
  field 
  of 
  archeology 
  468 
  

  

  Sources 
  of 
  information 
  469 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  collecting 
  material. 
  471 
  

   Pt 
  2 
  Record 
  of 
  excavations 
  at 
  

  

  Ripley 
  473 
  

  

  Foreword 
  . 
  . 
  473 
  

  

  General 
  region 
  473 
  

  

  Ripley 
  site 
  475 
  

  

  Surface 
  features 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  475 
  

  

  Evidence 
  of 
  occupation 
  476 
  

  

  Village 
  section 
  476 
  

  

  Ripley 
  site 
  (continued) 
  page 
  

  

  Diminution 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  

  

  plot 
  477 
  

  

  Method 
  of 
  excavating 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  village 
  section 
  478 
  

  

  Method 
  of 
  excavating 
  graves. 
  479 
  

   Extracts 
  describing 
  pits 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  village 
  site 
  480 
  

  

  Significance 
  of 
  data 
  518 
  

  

  Identity 
  of 
  inhabitants 
  525 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  implements.. 
  531 
  

  

  Carbonized 
  substances 
  546 
  

  

  Pigments 
  547 
  

  

  Articles 
  found 
  in 
  vicinity 
  547 
  

  

  Index 
  549 
  

  

  