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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  or 
  a 
  knife, 
  of 
  white 
  chalcedony. 
  It 
  is 
  pictured 
  in 
  figure 
  21. 
  There 
  

   were 
  several 
  well 
  shaped 
  oval 
  blades 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  so 
  called 
  

   " 
  leaf 
  shape." 
  Scrapers 
  were 
  fairly 
  common, 
  drills 
  rather 
  rare 
  and 
  

   spears 
  rarer 
  still. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  forms 
  that 
  may 
  safely 
  

   be 
  called 
  knives. 
  Plate 
  23 
  illustrates 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  

   larger 
  flints 
  not 
  arrowheads. 
  

  

  Triangular 
  arrow 
  points 
  are 
  commonly 
  called 
  " 
  war 
  points 
  " 
  and 
  

   notched 
  and 
  barbed 
  points, 
  " 
  hunting 
  points." 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  neces- 
  

   sarily 
  follow, 
  however, 
  that 
  these 
  terms 
  are 
  correct, 
  although 
  quite 
  

   popularly 
  held. 
  The 
  Ripley 
  Eries 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  other 
  sites 
  

   were 
  great 
  hunters, 
  as 
  is 
  manifest 
  from 
  the 
  great 
  quantities 
  of 
  

   animal 
  bones 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  refuse 
  pits, 
  and 
  yet 
  at 
  Ripley 
  only 
  two 
  

   so 
  called 
  " 
  hunting 
  points 
  " 
  were 
  discovered. 
  The 
  great 
  majority 
  of 
  

   projectile 
  points 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  triangular 
  type 
  and 
  these 
  were 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  ash 
  pits 
  among 
  animal 
  bones 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  graves 
  with 
  the 
  

   bones 
  of 
  warriors 
  and 
  women. 
  It 
  would 
  appear 
  therefore, 
  that 
  the 
  

   triangular 
  points 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  hunting 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  war. 
  Sites 
  of 
  

   Preerian 
  occupancy 
  in 
  Chautauqua 
  county, 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  New 
  

   York, 
  yield 
  only 
  the 
  barbed 
  or 
  shouldered 
  " 
  hunting 
  point," 
  no 
  tri- 
  

   angular 
  arrow 
  heads 
  being 
  found. 
  Yet 
  this 
  fact 
  does 
  not 
  point 
  out 
  

   a 
  people 
  who 
  knew 
  only 
  of 
  hunting 
  and 
  nothing 
  of 
  war. 
  Specific 
  

   terms 
  defining 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  such 
  implements 
  are, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  be 
  

   avoided. 
  They 
  are 
  more 
  accurately 
  described 
  by 
  their 
  forms 
  as, 
  

   triangular, 
  notched, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Earthenware 
  

   Pottery 
  vessels 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  the 
  entre 
  or 
  nearly 
  entire 
  pottery 
  vessels, 
  save 
  two 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  graves. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  exhibited 
  signs 
  of 
  prolonged 
  use. 
  

   A 
  few 
  seemed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  especially 
  made 
  for 
  funeral 
  urns 
  and 
  

   some 
  had 
  been 
  evidently 
  molded 
  in 
  great 
  haste 
  and 
  poorly 
  tempered 
  

   and 
  baked. 
  Such 
  pots 
  were 
  in 
  every 
  instance 
  broken 
  and 
  the 
  pot- 
  

   sherds 
  were 
  soft 
  and 
  flaky, 
  not 
  hard 
  and 
  gritty 
  like 
  good 
  pottery. 
  

  

  The 
  material 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  pots 
  were 
  molded 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   the 
  local 
  Erie 
  clay 
  found 
  everywhere 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  overlying 
  the 
  

   shale 
  beds. 
  The 
  tempering 
  material 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  discovered 
  

   is 
  invariably 
  pulverized 
  stone, 
  quartz 
  or 
  granitic 
  rock. 
  In 
  no 
  

   instance 
  is 
  shell 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  pots 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  salmon 
  red 
  

   color 
  varying 
  from 
  a 
  sooty 
  red 
  to 
  a 
  light 
  orange. 
  The 
  majority 
  are 
  

   stained 
  by 
  smoke 
  and 
  carbonized 
  grease. 
  This 
  charred 
  grease 
  is 
  

   especially 
  noticeable 
  around 
  the 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  rim 
  where 
  the 
  in- 
  

  

  