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  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Copper 
  articles 
  and 
  objects 
  preserved 
  by 
  copper 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  one 
  specimen 
  all 
  copper 
  articles 
  came 
  

   from 
  graves. 
  An 
  analysis 
  of 
  these 
  articles 
  by 
  the 
  mineralogist 
  Mr 
  

   H. 
  P. 
  Whitlock 
  indicated 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  of 
  European 
  copper. 
  

   The 
  two 
  arm 
  bands 
  contained 
  traces 
  of 
  zinc. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  copper 
  articles 
  came 
  from 
  grave 
  LI, 
  pit 
  96, 
  and 
  a 
  

   description 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  under 
  that 
  

   head. 
  The 
  two 
  bracelets 
  which 
  encircled 
  the 
  arm 
  of 
  the 
  skeleton 
  

   are 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  37, 
  figures 
  1, 
  2. 
  These 
  bands 
  yet 
  retain 
  upon 
  

   their 
  corroded 
  surfaces 
  the 
  impressions 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  arm 
  

   against 
  which 
  they 
  rested, 
  although 
  the 
  pictures 
  do 
  not 
  show 
  them 
  

   well. 
  Finger 
  prints 
  are 
  noticeable 
  on 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  rings 
  and 
  one 
  

   has 
  the 
  tactile 
  impression 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side. 
  Figures 
  5 
  and 
  10 
  of 
  

   plate 
  37 
  are 
  of 
  two 
  rings 
  which 
  have 
  these 
  impressions 
  upon 
  them. 
  

   These 
  rings 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  rolled 
  type 
  made 
  from 
  bands 
  of 
  

   sheet 
  copper. 
  The 
  arm 
  band 
  fragment 
  shown 
  by 
  plate 
  37, 
  figure 
  4, 
  

   is 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  rolled 
  copper 
  work. 
  

  

  In 
  graves 
  where 
  copper 
  was 
  present 
  the 
  animal 
  or 
  vegetable 
  mat- 
  

   ter 
  in 
  immediate 
  contact 
  was 
  preserved 
  by 
  the 
  copper 
  salts. 
  The 
  

   substances 
  so 
  preserved 
  include 
  wood, 
  bark, 
  herbs, 
  deer 
  hair, 
  deer- 
  

   skin, 
  thongs, 
  human 
  skin, 
  flesh, 
  bone, 
  nails, 
  hair 
  and 
  scalp 
  fragments. 
  

  

  Figure 
  3 
  in 
  plate 
  37 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  rolled 
  copper 
  bead 
  which 
  yet 
  

   contains 
  the 
  skin 
  thong. 
  Pieces 
  of 
  bark 
  and 
  deerskin 
  massed 
  

   together 
  are 
  pictured 
  in 
  plate 
  37, 
  figure 
  7. 
  The 
  shreds 
  of 
  bark 
  are 
  

   plainly 
  visible 
  but 
  the 
  skin 
  does 
  not 
  show 
  well. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  plate 
  

   figure 
  11 
  is 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  wood 
  preserved 
  by 
  the 
  salts 
  of 
  copper 
  from 
  

   the 
  ring 
  that 
  encircles 
  the 
  opening. 
  The 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  object 
  sug- 
  

   gests 
  a 
  false-face 
  eye. 
  Plate 
  37, 
  figure 
  9, 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  

   vegetable 
  matter, 
  possibly 
  some 
  herb 
  or 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  Iron 
  

   But 
  few 
  pieces 
  of 
  iron 
  were 
  found. 
  Of 
  those 
  discovered 
  in 
  

   graves 
  or 
  ash 
  pits 
  none 
  bore 
  the 
  semblance 
  of 
  finished 
  or 
  complete 
  

   utensils. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  graves 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  ash 
  pit 
  short 
  rectangular 
  bars 
  

   were 
  found 
  and 
  with 
  them 
  chunks 
  of 
  flint, 
  probably 
  parts 
  of 
  fire- 
  

   making 
  apparatus. 
  In 
  grave 
  XCIII 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  ax, 
  adz 
  

   or 
  chisel 
  edge 
  was 
  found. 
  It 
  had 
  been 
  broken 
  at 
  a 
  perforation. 
  

  

  Carbonized 
  substances 
  

   Vegetable 
  matter 
  preserved 
  by 
  carbonization 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  nearly 
  

   all 
  of 
  the 
  ash 
  pits 
  but 
  so 
  crushed 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  unrecognizable. 
  Charred 
  

  

  