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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Significance 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  data 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  data 
  secured 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  operations 
  one 
  might 
  

   construct 
  a 
  fairly 
  correct 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  life 
  and 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  

   people 
  who 
  left 
  so 
  many 
  significant 
  traces. 
  One 
  might 
  picture 
  the 
  

   scenes 
  of 
  primitive 
  agriculture, 
  the 
  excitement 
  and 
  dangers 
  of 
  the 
  

   chase, 
  the 
  industries 
  of 
  the 
  pot 
  maker 
  or 
  the 
  flint 
  worker 
  or 
  the 
  

   home 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  warrior 
  father, 
  his 
  wife 
  and 
  children, 
  but 
  this 
  

   picture 
  is 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  reader 
  to 
  produce. 
  Our 
  work 
  is 
  rather 
  to 
  

   tell 
  how 
  the 
  facts 
  were 
  gathered, 
  and, 
  for 
  the 
  guidance 
  of 
  those 
  

   who 
  wish 
  to 
  revivify 
  the 
  scenes 
  of 
  the 
  past, 
  to 
  suggest 
  how 
  this 
  may 
  

   be 
  done. 
  Hasty 
  conclusions 
  and 
  preconceived 
  ideas 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  studi- 
  

   ously 
  avoided 
  and 
  no 
  theory 
  should 
  be 
  considered 
  more 
  than 
  tenta- 
  

   tive 
  unless 
  the 
  proof 
  is 
  so 
  strong 
  as 
  to 
  eliminate 
  doubt. 
  

  

  Indications 
  of 
  an 
  earthwork 
  

  

  Excavations 
  were 
  not 
  carried 
  on 
  long 
  before 
  enough 
  evidence 
  

   was 
  secured 
  to 
  point 
  out 
  the 
  former 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  circular 
  earth 
  

   ring 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  section. 
  This 
  ring 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  inclosed 
  the 
  

   main 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  separated 
  it 
  from 
  a 
  group 
  

   of 
  pits' 
  and 
  lodge 
  sites 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  Just 
  beyond 
  pits 
  26, 
  27, 
  78 
  and 
  

   79 
  the 
  soil 
  became 
  very 
  hard 
  and 
  compact 
  and 
  the 
  occupied 
  soil 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel. 
  The 
  earth 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  this 
  belt 
  was 
  hard 
  and 
  compact. 
  It 
  was 
  evidently 
  disturbed 
  and 
  

   intermixed 
  but 
  exhibited 
  few 
  signs 
  of 
  modification 
  by 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   stances 
  incident 
  to 
  human 
  occupation 
  such 
  as 
  ashes 
  and 
  charcoal. 
  

   A 
  few 
  inches 
  of 
  the 
  disturbed 
  subsoil 
  overlay 
  the 
  occupied 
  soil 
  

   on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  barren 
  belt 
  [see 
  text 
  fig. 
  18]. 
  From 
  these 
  

   facts 
  it 
  was 
  inferred 
  that 
  at 
  some 
  time 
  an 
  earth 
  ring 
  or 
  wall 
  had 
  

   been 
  leveled 
  down 
  and 
  the 
  earth 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  composed 
  thrown 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  18 
  Cross-section 
  of 
  soil 
  beneath 
  obliterated 
  earth 
  ring 
  

  

  over 
  the 
  occupied 
  soil. 
  The 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  belt 
  was 
  traced 
  and 
  

   found 
  to 
  be 
  circular 
  in 
  form 
  or 
  rather 
  crescentic, 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  

   belt 
  touching 
  the 
  lake 
  bank. 
  The 
  original 
  form 
  had 
  undoubtedly 
  

   been 
  circular, 
  the 
  encroaching 
  lake 
  having 
  undermined 
  the 
  cliffs 
  

  

  