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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  a 
  deposit 
  of 
  nearly 
  a 
  quart 
  of 
  Helix 
  alter 
  nata 
  and 
  a 
  1 
  b 
  o 
  - 
  

   1 
  a 
  b 
  r 
  i 
  s 
  shells. 
  

  

  Just 
  beyond 
  this 
  pit 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  occupied 
  layer, 
  10" 
  below 
  the 
  

   surface 
  was 
  found 
  a 
  hand-hammered 
  nail 
  bent 
  in 
  hook 
  shape. 
  The 
  

   nail 
  was 
  perhaps 
  intrusive 
  though 
  its 
  shape 
  suggests 
  aboriginal 
  use. 
  

  

  Pit 
  18 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  1 
  at 
  37' 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  pocket 
  

   about 
  2' 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  24" 
  deep. 
  A 
  bone 
  awl 
  and 
  a 
  pitching 
  

   tool 
  of 
  antler 
  were 
  found 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  at 
  18". 
  

  

  Pit 
  19 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  1 
  at 
  48' 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  pocket 
  2^/2 
  

   in 
  diameter 
  and 
  48" 
  deep. 
  The 
  pit 
  soil 
  was 
  black 
  from 
  the 
  charcoal 
  

   and 
  ashes. 
  Awl 
  F242 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  pit. 
  

  

  Pit 
  20 
  at 
  46' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  1 
  was 
  an 
  ash 
  pit 
  3' 
  by 
  4' 
  

   i,n 
  circumference 
  and 
  30" 
  deep. 
  The 
  pit 
  filling 
  was 
  uniform 
  in 
  

   character 
  being 
  an 
  ash 
  and 
  charcoal 
  mixed 
  sand. 
  Besides 
  the 
  usual 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  animal 
  bones, 
  fire-broken 
  stones 
  and 
  flint 
  chips 
  was 
  

   found 
  a 
  hammer 
  stone 
  and 
  the 
  shell 
  ofUnio 
  complanatus. 
  

  

  Pit 
  21 
  at 
  40/ 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  trench 
  was. 
  7' 
  by 
  10' 
  in 
  

   dimensions 
  and 
  16" 
  deep. 
  It 
  seemed 
  distinctly 
  a 
  refuse 
  pit 
  or 
  lodge 
  

   dump. 
  It 
  contained 
  fire-broken 
  stones, 
  cracked 
  and 
  split 
  deer, 
  bear, 
  

   beaver, 
  rabbit, 
  muskrat 
  and 
  skunk 
  bones, 
  also 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  fish, 
  

   charred 
  corn 
  and 
  hickory 
  nuts 
  and 
  one 
  Unio 
  shell. 
  The 
  following 
  

   named 
  implements 
  were 
  found 
  intermixed 
  amongst 
  the 
  pit 
  refuse: 
  

   1 
  antler 
  hoe 
  or 
  digging 
  tool, 
  F292 
  [pi. 
  35, 
  fig. 
  1], 
  3 
  bone 
  awls, 
  F307, 
  

   308, 
  5 
  bone 
  beads, 
  F248 
  to 
  252 
  inclusive, 
  4 
  bone 
  beads, 
  F303 
  to 
  306 
  

   inclusive, 
  1 
  notched 
  pendant, 
  F301, 
  1 
  broken 
  implement 
  of 
  deer's 
  

   jaw, 
  1 
  broken 
  bone 
  needle, 
  F302, 
  1 
  flint 
  blade, 
  F309, 
  1 
  discoidal 
  

   shell 
  bead, 
  F300, 
  1 
  net 
  sinker 
  and 
  10 
  periwinkle 
  shells. 
  

  

  Pit 
  26 
  in 
  trench 
  1 
  at 
  jj' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  pit 
  36" 
  

   deep. 
  The 
  pit 
  refuse 
  consisted 
  of 
  potsherds, 
  charcoal 
  and 
  ashes. 
  

   One 
  pipe 
  stem 
  of 
  clay 
  and 
  an 
  entire 
  stone 
  pipe 
  bowl, 
  F246, 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  this 
  pit. 
  The 
  pipe 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  ash 
  layer 
  11" 
  below 
  the 
  

   surface. 
  

  

  The 
  space 
  intervening 
  between 
  pits 
  19 
  and 
  21 
  was 
  hard 
  and 
  

   rather 
  less 
  disturbed 
  than 
  the 
  surrounding 
  earth, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  

   space 
  between 
  five 
  post 
  holes, 
  as 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  pit 
  diagram. 
  This 
  

   space 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  wigwam 
  site. 
  

  

  Pit 
  2y 
  at 
  75' 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  trench 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  depres- 
  

   sion. 
  It 
  contained 
  the 
  usual 
  fire 
  pit 
  refuse 
  and 
  within 
  it 
  were 
  

   found 
  a 
  flint 
  perforator, 
  a 
  broken 
  bone 
  awl, 
  a 
  " 
  lap 
  stone," 
  a 
  pitted 
  

   slab 
  of 
  shale 
  and 
  numerous 
  animal 
  bones. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  deposit 
  of 
  

   Helix 
  shells. 
  

  

  For 
  20' 
  beyond 
  pits 
  26 
  and 
  27 
  the 
  soil 
  was 
  barren 
  of 
  pits. 
  The 
  

  

  