﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  

  

  543 
  

  

  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  34, 
  figure 
  12, 
  is 
  nicely 
  formed 
  and 
  polished. 
  Per- 
  

   haps 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  pottery 
  marker. 
  Two 
  polished 
  pieces 
  of 
  bone 
  

  

  Fig. 
  26 
  Bone 
  beads 
  

  

  smoothed 
  on 
  all 
  sides 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  refuse 
  pits. 
  The 
  one 
  shown 
  by 
  

   figure 
  13 
  is 
  grooved 
  on 
  either 
  side. 
  A 
  bone 
  knife 
  blade, 
  the 
  point 
  

   of 
  which 
  is 
  broken, 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  figure 
  14. 
  Raccoon 
  penis 
  bones 
  

   were 
  found 
  in 
  several 
  pits. 
  All 
  are 
  smoothed 
  and 
  show 
  signs 
  of 
  

   use, 
  perhaps 
  as 
  hooks 
  for 
  coarse 
  weaving. 
  Figure 
  21 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  

   long 
  flat 
  bone 
  implement 
  resembling 
  a 
  shuttle. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen, 
  

   being 
  nicely 
  smoothed 
  and 
  polished. 
  The 
  notch 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  is 
  

   smoothly 
  worked 
  and 
  shows 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  being 
  a 
  broken 
  eye. 
  Figure 
  

   24 
  is 
  probably 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  broken 
  bone 
  needle. 
  Needles 
  were 
  rare 
  in 
  

   the 
  site. 
  Deer 
  phalanges 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  abundance 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  

   them 
  are 
  worked 
  to 
  some 
  degree 
  [see 
  pi. 
  34, 
  fig. 
  5, 
  6]. 
  Numbers 
  

   were 
  flattened 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  some 
  were 
  worked 
  down 
  to 
  cones 
  

   with 
  a 
  perforation 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  the 
  end 
  nearest 
  the 
  tip. 
  These 
  cones 
  

   resemble 
  the 
  cups 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  cup 
  and 
  awl 
  game 
  common 
  among 
  the 
  

   early 
  Hurons 
  and 
  are 
  probably 
  parts 
  of 
  such 
  apparatus 
  [pi. 
  34, 
  

   fig. 
  4, 
  8]. 
  

  

  Beaver 
  teeth 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  scraping 
  or 
  cutting. 
  

  

  