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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  way 
  each 
  year. 
  The 
  helief 
  that 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  occupied 
  area 
  has 
  dis- 
  

   appeared 
  is 
  strengthened 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  this 
  section 
  is 
  small 
  in 
  

   comparison 
  with 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  site, 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  occupied 
  

   soil 
  exposed 
  at 
  the 
  bank 
  is 
  deep, 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  bank 
  line 
  

   intersects 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  circumference 
  of 
  the 
  circular 
  earth 
  belt 
  

   and 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  exposed 
  bank 
  shows 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  level 
  

   top 
  the 
  exposed 
  occupied 
  soil 
  and 
  pits. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  originally 
  

   there 
  was 
  considerable 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  shore 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  circle 
  

   and 
  the 
  bank 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  occupied 
  that 
  space. 
  

   Village 
  sites 
  upon 
  hills 
  generally 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   declivities 
  and 
  if 
  we 
  can 
  establish 
  where 
  the 
  bank 
  line 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  

   period 
  of 
  the 
  occupation 
  we 
  may 
  say 
  how 
  far 
  the 
  village 
  probably 
  

   extended. 
  To 
  establish 
  accurately 
  this 
  line 
  is 
  a 
  difficult 
  matter 
  but 
  

   inquiries 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  information 
  that 
  from 
  6 
  inches 
  to 
  a 
  foot 
  of 
  land 
  

   was 
  lost 
  each 
  year. 
  Using 
  this 
  assumption 
  as 
  a 
  datum 
  we 
  may 
  

   hypothecate 
  that 
  the 
  site 
  has 
  lost 
  at 
  least 
  150 
  feet 
  since 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   its 
  occupation. 
  The 
  date 
  of 
  this 
  occupation 
  is 
  discussed 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  Method 
  of 
  excavating 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  section 
  

  

  The 
  village 
  section 
  was 
  staked 
  out 
  in 
  parallel 
  and 
  adjacent 
  

   trenches 
  16 
  feet 
  wide. 
  Excavations 
  were 
  commenced 
  at 
  the 
  wire 
  

   fence 
  20 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  shore 
  line. 
  A 
  sectional 
  trench 
  3 
  feet 
  wide 
  

   was 
  dug 
  and 
  the 
  dirt 
  thrown 
  back. 
  This 
  left 
  a 
  cross-section 
  of 
  the 
  

   trench 
  exposed 
  and 
  the 
  3 
  feet 
  of 
  floor 
  served 
  as 
  a 
  working 
  space. 
  

   The 
  archeologist 
  examined 
  this 
  cross-section 
  and 
  if 
  indications 
  

   pointed 
  to 
  the 
  probable 
  presence 
  of 
  objects 
  he 
  troweled 
  into 
  the 
  

   bank, 
  allowing 
  the 
  earth 
  to 
  fall 
  to 
  the 
  floor 
  until 
  it 
  had 
  filled 
  when 
  

   it 
  was 
  removed 
  by 
  a 
  laborer. 
  If 
  the 
  indications 
  pointed 
  to 
  a 
  

   barren 
  spot 
  the 
  workmen 
  spaded 
  ahead 
  until 
  signs 
  of 
  disturbance 
  

   again 
  appeared 
  when 
  the 
  section 
  was 
  again 
  examined. 
  When 
  a 
  

   pit 
  was 
  discovered 
  a 
  clean 
  working 
  space 
  was 
  made 
  and 
  the 
  pit 
  

   vertically 
  exposed 
  at 
  one- 
  side. 
  The 
  pit 
  filling 
  was 
  then 
  troweled 
  

   from 
  top 
  to 
  bottom, 
  great 
  care 
  being 
  taken 
  not 
  to 
  break 
  the 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  that 
  might 
  come 
  to 
  light 
  with 
  any 
  trowel 
  stroke. 
  As 
  the 
  work 
  

   progressed 
  measurements 
  of 
  the 
  pit 
  were 
  taken 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  important 
  

   specimens 
  labeled 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  trays 
  for 
  subsequent 
  numbering. 
  

   The 
  refuse 
  material 
  such 
  as 
  animal 
  bones, 
  potsherds, 
  flint 
  chips 
  

   and 
  rude 
  implements 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  labeled 
  bags. 
  A 
  diagram 
  of 
  

   the 
  pit 
  was 
  drawn 
  and 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  its 
  excavation 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  

   trench 
  book. 
  Trenching 
  was 
  continued 
  until 
  the 
  trench 
  became 
  

   barren 
  when 
  another 
  trench 
  was 
  worked. 
  

  

  