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REPORT ON THE DIVISION OF ARCHEOLOGY AND 



ETHNOLOGY 



During the fiscal year much of the work of the archeology division 

 has been the sorting, cataloging and classifying the thousands of 

 specimens. Within the year more than 15,000 specimens have been 

 added to the collections making, with those reported last year, a 

 total of over 30,000. There are many duplicates of the more ordi- 

 nary objects, such as stone knives and net sinkers, but from the 

 various collections it has been possible to select a remarkable series 

 of objects illustrating the facts of New York archeology. 



There has been some necessary delay in the matter of getting the 

 cases properly placed, due to the separation of the archeological and 

 ethnological exhibits. 



The largest collections obtained during the year are those of 

 Prof. D. F. Thompson, Otis M. Bigelow and L. D. Shoemaker. 

 These collections are from three archeologically important regions 

 in New York, the upper Hudson, central New York (Onondaga- 

 Seneca river) and the headwaters of the Susquehanna. 



THE NEW COLLECTIONS 



The Museum has continued its plan of acquiring large collections 

 representing special areas within the State. During the past two 

 years forty or fifty collections have been examined and studied. Of 

 this number, ten collections were selected last year. Within the 

 year just closing ten more have been obtained. Not all this material 

 is for exhibition purposes, the greatest quantity being reserved for 

 study and comparison. Every scientific museum must have an 

 abundance of material in its unexhibited " duplicate " collections. 

 There are, on the other hand, thousands of specimens that are 

 specially suited for exhibition in the cases of the Museum and these 

 have been carefully selected for this purpose. 



Among the principal collections or lots, acquired during the year 

 are the following: 



By purchase 

 From L. D. Shoemaker, Elmira I 250 



Dwinel F. Thompson, Troy 3 500 



Otis M. Bigelow, Baldwinsville to 000 



E. R. Burmaster, Irving 126 



Smaller collections 50 



