﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  545 
  

  

  The 
  antler 
  objects 
  from 
  the 
  site 
  include 
  flaking 
  tools, 
  punchlike 
  

   implements, 
  sometimes 
  called 
  pitching 
  tools, 
  chisellike 
  implements, 
  

   picklike 
  prongs 
  of 
  antler, 
  arrowheads, 
  hoes 
  or 
  digging 
  implements 
  

   and 
  I 
  antler 
  ball. 
  There 
  were 
  several 
  pieces 
  of 
  antler 
  showing 
  

   marks 
  of 
  cutting 
  and 
  other 
  working. 
  The 
  large 
  trowellike 
  object 
  

   shown 
  in 
  plate 
  35, 
  figure 
  1, 
  is 
  probably 
  an 
  antler 
  hoe 
  or 
  spade. 
  The 
  

   edge 
  is 
  worn 
  and 
  smoothed, 
  evidently 
  by 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  earth. 
  Two 
  

   other 
  hoes 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  plate 
  [fig. 
  5, 
  10] 
  . 
  The 
  larger 
  hoe 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  one 
  side 
  cut 
  as 
  if 
  by 
  a 
  metal 
  knife. 
  The 
  " 
  hoes 
  " 
  

   are 
  all 
  of 
  moose 
  horn. 
  A 
  small 
  chisellike 
  implement 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  

   plate 
  35, 
  figure 
  2. 
  It 
  is 
  worn 
  and 
  polished 
  and 
  the 
  cutting 
  edge 
  is 
  

   sharp 
  for 
  such 
  material. 
  A 
  larger 
  chisel 
  or 
  pick 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  

   35, 
  figure 
  4, 
  and 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  handle 
  whittled 
  into 
  shape 
  by 
  a 
  

   metal 
  knife. 
  Punchlike 
  objects 
  were 
  fairly 
  common 
  and 
  seem 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  parts 
  of 
  an 
  arrow 
  maker's 
  outfit. 
  Indeed 
  they 
  are 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  called 
  " 
  pitching 
  tools 
  " 
  and 
  experiment 
  shows 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  

   useful 
  in 
  making 
  the 
  long 
  body 
  chips 
  which 
  must 
  sometimes 
  be 
  

   made 
  to 
  properly 
  form 
  a 
  flint 
  blade. 
  These 
  tools 
  are 
  of 
  two 
  types. 
  

   Plate 
  35, 
  figure 
  9, 
  shows 
  one 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  head. 
  Two 
  antler 
  arrow- 
  

   heads 
  were 
  found. 
  Plate 
  35, 
  figure 
  8, 
  represents 
  the 
  better 
  one. 
  

   It 
  is 
  well 
  shaped 
  and 
  polished 
  but 
  the 
  hole 
  for 
  the 
  shaft 
  is 
  not 
  deep. 
  

   One 
  flattened 
  ball 
  was 
  found 
  and 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  game 
  balls 
  used 
  

   now 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  called 
  " 
  deer 
  horn 
  buttons 
  " 
  [see 
  pi. 
  35, 
  

   fig. 
  6]. 
  Chunks 
  or 
  pieces 
  of 
  worked 
  antler 
  were 
  frequent. 
  One 
  

   shown 
  in 
  figure 
  17 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  antler 
  base 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  upper 
  

   part 
  has 
  been 
  cut 
  with 
  a 
  metal 
  knife. 
  

  

  Shell 
  articles 
  

   Among 
  the 
  interesting 
  classes 
  of 
  articles 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  shell. 
  The 
  

   very 
  interesting 
  necklace 
  of 
  shell 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  14 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  art 
  in 
  shell 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  Ripley 
  site. 
  It 
  came 
  from 
  

   grave 
  XCIII, 
  pit 
  133, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  about 
  the 
  neck 
  of 
  the 
  skeleton. 
  

   The 
  better 
  preserved 
  gorget 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  bend 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  

   curve 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw. 
  The 
  necklace 
  is 
  made 
  

   of 
  discoidal 
  shell 
  beads 
  beautifully 
  made. 
  They 
  are 
  quite 
  uniform 
  

   and 
  the 
  perforations 
  are 
  perfectly 
  centered. 
  In 
  specimens 
  which 
  

   have 
  not 
  weathered 
  the 
  edges 
  are 
  even. 
  The 
  two 
  gorgets 
  and 
  the 
  

   long 
  pendant 
  from 
  this 
  necklace 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  36 
  as 
  is 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  discoidal 
  beads 
  illustrating 
  the 
  stages 
  of 
  disintegration. 
  A 
  per- 
  

   forated 
  Unio 
  shell 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  pit 
  46 
  and 
  a 
  shell 
  bead 
  of 
  the 
  

   older 
  form 
  came 
  from 
  pit 
  3 
  [see 
  pi. 
  36, 
  fig. 
  5]. 
  

  

  