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  YORK 
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  and 
  bottom 
  strata 
  were 
  heavy 
  deposits 
  of 
  ash 
  and 
  charcoal 
  in 
  which 
  

   were 
  numerous 
  animal 
  bones, 
  pot 
  fragments 
  and 
  flint 
  chips 
  and 
  

   fire-broken 
  stones. 
  

  

  The 
  objects 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  layer 
  directly 
  beneath 
  the 
  top 
  soil 
  and 
  

   overlying 
  the 
  first 
  floor 
  of 
  stone 
  slabs 
  are: 
  1 
  small 
  celt, 
  F200, 
  1 
  

   rude 
  celt, 
  F201, 
  7 
  bone 
  awls, 
  F202 
  to 
  208 
  inclusive, 
  7 
  triangular 
  

   flint 
  projectile 
  points, 
  F209 
  to 
  211, 
  F2iia 
  to 
  214 
  inclusive, 
  a 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  charred 
  corn, 
  F140, 
  1 
  short 
  rectangular 
  iron 
  bar, 
  F226 
  

   and 
  an 
  iron-stained 
  pebble 
  found 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  bar, 
  F241. 
  

   In 
  the 
  bottom 
  layer 
  were 
  found, 
  1 
  bone 
  bead 
  in 
  process, 
  F215, 
  5 
  

   bone 
  beads, 
  F216 
  to 
  220 
  inclusive, 
  1 
  triangular 
  flint 
  point, 
  F221, 
  2 
  

   pot 
  rim 
  points 
  F222, 
  223, 
  1 
  fabric-marked 
  sherd, 
  F224, 
  1 
  bone 
  plug, 
  

   F225. 
  An 
  animal 
  bone 
  evidently 
  gnawed 
  when 
  fresh, 
  F363, 
  was 
  

   also 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  layer. 
  

  

  Pit 
  34 
  was 
  a 
  solid 
  ash 
  pit 
  4' 
  4" 
  by 
  5' 
  in 
  top 
  dimensions 
  and 
  48" 
  

   deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  animal 
  bones 
  among 
  which 
  those 
  

   of 
  deer, 
  rabbits, 
  beavers, 
  heron 
  and 
  sturgeon 
  were 
  identified. 
  

  

  The 
  artifacts 
  found 
  are 
  : 
  1 
  hollow 
  handlelike 
  bone, 
  F227 
  [pi. 
  33,, 
  

   fig. 
  5], 
  1 
  antler 
  chisel, 
  F228 
  [pi. 
  35, 
  fig. 
  2], 
  1 
  fragment 
  of 
  per- 
  

   forated 
  turtle 
  shell, 
  F229 
  [pi. 
  32, 
  fig. 
  11], 
  1 
  conical 
  worked 
  pha- 
  

   lanx, 
  F330 
  [pi. 
  32, 
  fig. 
  4], 
  1 
  deer 
  bone 
  rubbed 
  and 
  shaped, 
  1 
  awl, 
  

   F231, 
  4 
  triangular 
  points 
  of 
  flint, 
  F232 
  to 
  235 
  inclusive, 
  2 
  pot 
  rim 
  

   points, 
  F237, 
  238, 
  1 
  bear 
  tooth, 
  F240. 
  

  

  Pit 
  35 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  pocket 
  at 
  45' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  4. 
  It 
  

   contained 
  a 
  few 
  animal 
  bones, 
  an 
  antler 
  stub, 
  1 
  bone 
  tube, 
  F311, 
  

   1 
  bone 
  needle 
  fragment, 
  F312, 
  2 
  bone 
  awls, 
  F313, 
  314; 
  and 
  1 
  flint 
  

   knife. 
  

  

  Pit 
  36 
  in 
  trench 
  4 
  at 
  50' 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  adjoined 
  pit 
  20 
  in 
  

   trench 
  1. 
  It 
  was 
  34" 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  36" 
  deep. 
  It 
  was 
  filled 
  with 
  

   the 
  ordinary 
  pit 
  soil 
  in 
  which 
  were 
  found 
  cracked 
  deer 
  bones 
  and 
  

   a 
  few 
  potsherds. 
  

  

  Pit 
  37 
  in 
  trench 
  4 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  was 
  directly 
  south 
  of 
  pit 
  34 
  

   and 
  on 
  its 
  east 
  side 
  adjoined 
  another 
  pit 
  that 
  ran 
  into 
  the 
  next 
  

   trench 
  (afterward 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  "pit 
  76). 
  This 
  pit 
  was 
  circular 
  at 
  the 
  

   top, 
  3' 
  8" 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  30" 
  deep. 
  In 
  the 
  pit 
  filling 
  were 
  a 
  few 
  

   split 
  deer 
  bones 
  and 
  the 
  fragments 
  of 
  several 
  broken 
  pottery 
  vessels. 
  

  

  Pit 
  38 
  in 
  trench 
  4 
  at 
  55' 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  trench 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  

   ash 
  pit 
  3' 
  by 
  4' 
  in 
  top 
  dimensions 
  and 
  32" 
  deep. 
  The 
  articles 
  found 
  

   in 
  this 
  pit 
  are 
  : 
  1 
  section 
  of 
  an 
  incised 
  antler, 
  F172, 
  1 
  worked 
  bone, 
  

   F194, 
  1 
  bone 
  awl 
  point, 
  F198. 
  

  

  Pit 
  41 
  in 
  trench 
  4 
  was 
  directly 
  north 
  of 
  38 
  and 
  was 
  separated 
  

  

  