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A Geological Column of the Rocks, fyc, of North America; showing their 

 different formations and positions, ivith their Localities ; from the most 

 recent and upper, to the lowest and most ancient ; with observations on 

 the same, by Issachar Cozzens', Jr. 



TABLE V. 



Historic Age. 



Man and his cotemporaries,with his works of art 

 and science. 



1 Mounds 



Containing human bones, fragments of rudely made 

 pottery, utensils and ornaments worked from sea 

 shells and native copper ; pieces of wood and char- 

 coal, <fcc, &c. ; found at Cincinnati, by .1. Dorfeu- 

 ille. In Montgomery, Co., N. York, by Mr. Morris. 

 At Constantia, L. Oneida, by myself. 



Heaps of Oyster Shells, 



With stone axes, rude pottery, arrow-heads, Ac, 

 &.c. High banks on the Islands of New York and 

 Long Island, and at Communipaw, N. J. 



In Caves, 



Are found dried human bodies, covered with robes 

 made of Turkey's feathers and grass mats. Bones 

 of the Megalonyx Jeffersonii. Virginia and Ken- 

 tucky. 



Salt Marshes and Sea Beaches, 



Marine shells, Psammobia fusca, Ostrea borealis, 

 &c, &c, at Hoboken, New Jersey Indian pipes. 

 Sand, gravel and shells at Rockaway. 



Peat Swamps and Lacustrine Deposit. 



Bones of the Mastodon Giganteum, fresh water 

 shells, Planorbis, Volvaria, Physa, and Infusoria at 

 West Point, Orange Co., N. Y. 



Big-bone Lick. 



Bones of the Elephas Primogenias, Mastodon Gi- 

 ganteum, Megalonyx Jeffersonii,— three species of 

 Bos. Stone arrow-heads, &c, &c, Kentucky. 



(Megatherium Cuvieri, found at Skiddaway Is- 

 land, Georgia.) 



Coral Reels. 



Conglomerate of shells and coral. Florida, Ba- 

 hama Banks, Bermudas. 



Diluvium. 



Boulders or Erratic blocks, sand, gravel, and the 

 wash of all mountains and highlands. Country 

 east of the Alleghanies, Atlantic coast from Maine 

 to Staten Island. 



Present Time. 



