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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  that 
  might 
  furnish 
  a 
  clue 
  to 
  their 
  employment. 
  Figure 
  2 
  in 
  plate 
  

   19 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  pebbles. 
  

  

  Most 
  polished 
  stone 
  articles 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  reduced 
  from 
  crude 
  

   forms 
  by 
  a 
  picking 
  process. 
  Few 
  implements 
  resembling 
  picks, 
  per- 
  

   haps, 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  One 
  crude 
  implement, 
  figure 
  3, 
  plate 
  19, 
  

   is 
  of 
  tough 
  granite 
  and 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  picks. 
  It 
  

   is 
  much 
  battered 
  and 
  shows 
  signs 
  of 
  long 
  use. 
  Notched 
  implements, 
  

   commonly 
  called 
  net 
  sinkers 
  were 
  not 
  common, 
  only 
  about 
  a 
  dozen 
  

   being 
  found. 
  They 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  type 
  found 
  everywhere 
  

   throughout 
  New 
  York. 
  Figures 
  4 
  and 
  6 
  in 
  plate 
  19 
  show 
  two 
  net 
  

   sinkers 
  typical 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  knoll. 
  Hammer 
  stones 
  

   were 
  everywhere 
  numerous 
  both 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  pits. 
  

   Flammers 
  were 
  of 
  three 
  types, 
  the 
  ordinary 
  round 
  pebbles 
  used 
  as 
  

   hammers, 
  the 
  ball-like 
  hammers 
  that 
  are 
  battered 
  on 
  almost 
  every 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  the 
  common 
  pitted 
  hammer- 
  stones. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  the 
  larger 
  pitted 
  stones 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  alternately 
  hammers 
  

   and 
  anvils 
  and 
  sometimes 
  resemble 
  small 
  mortars. 
  Figure 
  10 
  shows 
  

   one 
  of 
  this 
  type. 
  Objects 
  termed 
  anvils 
  are 
  the 
  flat 
  stones 
  plentiful 
  

   everywhere 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  site. 
  They 
  exhibit 
  signs 
  of 
  having 
  been 
  

   used 
  as 
  bases 
  upon 
  which 
  other 
  stones 
  were 
  worked. 
  Anvils 
  were 
  

   generally 
  pieces 
  of 
  hard 
  shale 
  or 
  small 
  boulders 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  

   seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  long 
  periods 
  [see 
  fig. 
  8]. 
  The 
  flat 
  slabs 
  

   of 
  shale 
  and 
  sandstone 
  anvils 
  sometimes 
  had 
  shallow 
  hollows 
  on 
  one 
  

   side 
  and 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  grinding 
  purposes. 
  It 
  is 
  highly 
  

   probable 
  that 
  in 
  that 
  state 
  of 
  primitive 
  culture 
  when 
  everything 
  con- 
  

   venient 
  must 
  be 
  utilized, 
  one 
  utensil 
  served 
  as 
  many 
  purposes 
  as 
  

   could 
  be 
  devised 
  for 
  it. 
  

  

  A 
  number 
  of 
  smoothed 
  and 
  worked 
  stones 
  found 
  in 
  refuse 
  pits 
  

   and 
  also 
  in 
  graves 
  are 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  potters 
  tools. 
  One 
  was 
  found 
  

   in 
  a 
  pit 
  containing 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  partly 
  worked 
  clay. 
  One 
  of 
  

   these 
  stones 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  figure 
  9 
  in 
  plate 
  19 
  and 
  another 
  in 
  figure 
  7, 
  

   plate 
  25. 
  One 
  interesting 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  massive 
  stone 
  implement 
  

   is 
  the 
  large 
  mortar 
  found 
  in 
  pit 
  50. 
  It 
  weighs 
  about 
  200 
  pounds 
  

   and 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  stone-floored 
  pit. 
  It 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  

   occasionally 
  turned 
  over 
  for 
  both 
  sides 
  show 
  signs 
  of 
  use 
  though 
  

   only 
  one 
  side 
  was 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  mortar. 
  Mullers 
  or 
  rounded 
  pebbles 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  to 
  crack 
  and 
  grind 
  the 
  corn 
  or 
  other 
  sub- 
  

   stances. 
  Long 
  cylindrical 
  pestles 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  served 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose. 
  Four 
  small 
  celtlike 
  implements 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  refuse 
  pits. 
  

   These 
  had 
  been 
  formed 
  from 
  natural 
  water-washed 
  pebbles 
  the 
  

   ends 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  sharpened 
  to 
  an 
  edge, 
  this 
  being 
  the 
  only 
  

   work 
  done 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  implement. 
  It 
  is 
  hardly 
  possible 
  to 
  state 
  

  

  