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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Stratum 
  2 
  beneath 
  the 
  stone 
  floor 
  was 
  22" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  

   more 
  ashes 
  and 
  less 
  animal 
  bones 
  than 
  the 
  first. 
  The 
  following 
  

   articles 
  are 
  from 
  this 
  deposit: 
  1 
  smoothed 
  bone, 
  F347, 
  3 
  pot 
  rim 
  

   points, 
  F344, 
  345, 
  346, 
  1 
  triangular 
  flint 
  point, 
  F343, 
  1 
  antler 
  im- 
  

   plement, 
  F342, 
  1 
  perforated 
  wolf's 
  tooth, 
  F341, 
  1 
  spatulate 
  bone, 
  

   small, 
  F362 
  [pi. 
  34, 
  fig. 
  12]. 
  

  

  Pit 
  53 
  in 
  trench 
  3 
  [see 
  burial 
  section 
  map] 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  ash 
  pit 
  

   found 
  in 
  this 
  trench 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  beyond 
  the 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  burial 
  

   ground. 
  It 
  was 
  similar 
  to 
  other 
  ash 
  pits 
  and 
  contained 
  the 
  split 
  

   and 
  cracked 
  bones 
  of 
  deer, 
  bear, 
  muskrat, 
  beaver, 
  heron 
  and 
  various 
  

   fish. 
  The 
  only 
  worked 
  article 
  found 
  was 
  an 
  antler 
  cylinder. 
  

  

  Pit 
  55 
  in 
  trench 
  7 
  was 
  an 
  ash 
  pit 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  

   knoll. 
  It 
  was 
  irregular 
  in 
  dimensions 
  but 
  approximately 
  6' 
  by 
  7' 
  

   and 
  30" 
  deep. 
  It 
  contained 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  elk 
  bones, 
  deer 
  bones, 
  

   including 
  a 
  skull 
  top, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  beaver 
  bones. 
  The 
  artifacts 
  are 
  

   1 
  perforated 
  elk's 
  tooth, 
  F363 
  [pi. 
  34, 
  fig. 
  2], 
  2 
  bone 
  beads, 
  F364, 
  

   365, 
  1 
  bone 
  pitching 
  tool, 
  F367, 
  1 
  antler 
  hoe, 
  F368, 
  and 
  1 
  yellow 
  

   jasper 
  arrow 
  point. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3 
  Elk 
  bones 
  from 
  pit 
  55, 
  cracked 
  and 
  split 
  for 
  the 
  marrow 
  

  

  Pit 
  66. 
  See 
  Burial 
  XXXVIII, 
  pit 
  67. 
  

  

  Pit 
  70 
  at 
  20' 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  trench 
  6 
  was 
  2' 
  by 
  3' 
  in 
  dimen- 
  

   sions 
  and 
  30" 
  deep 
  and 
  contained 
  the 
  ordinary 
  pit 
  refuse. 
  The 
  

   following 
  named 
  objects 
  were 
  found 
  : 
  1 
  bone 
  awl, 
  F378, 
  1 
  awl 
  

   point, 
  F379, 
  and 
  1 
  incised 
  beaver 
  tooth, 
  F382. 
  

  

  