520 Mac Curdy — Passing of a Connecticut Rock Sltelter. 



Compensating in part for the lack of scientific control in the 

 removal of the deposits and the destruction of the shelter itself 

 was the read}' and generous cooperation of nearly all the local 

 collectors into whose hands specimens from the shelter had 

 found their way. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodcock gave their 

 series of nearly 100 specimens. Xext in point of size was the 

 combined gift of Frank, James, and Tony del Greco. Oscar 

 and Harry Olson presented their collection of 24 specimens : 

 and "Wilbert Bennett, who had found but one artifact, gave 

 that. Two small collections were purchased and the collection 

 of Mr. Farnham, the owner, has been loaned to the Museum. 



Fig. 26a. 



Fig. 266. 





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Figs. 26a, 266, Bone points 

 ral size. 



fig. 26a is one-half, fig. 266, two-thirds natu- 



The industrial remains from the Pine Kock Cave are similar 

 to those to be seen in collections gathered from the cultivated 

 fields of southern Connecticut. There is, for example, a single 

 banner stone (tig 5) ; its height is somewhat greater than its 

 spread of wings and along one margin are several tally marks. 

 Banner stones are not very plentiful in the state. The only 

 semilunar knife (fig. 6) has an unusally sharp edge and a 

 plain back. It is made of slate. Two quartz knives of simple 

 workmanship are reproduced in figure 7. At least one of 

 these is chipped from a waterworn pebble, the original surface 

 of which is retained over a portion of one side. 



Only one polished celt or tomahawk (fig. 8) has thus far been 



