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Articles Made From Teeth. 



Teeth which had been used as ornaments, or trophies, and 

 tools, have been found on the village sites; none have ever been 

 reported from the camp sites. 



The keen cutting edge of a beaver's incisor would make a 

 very efficient chisel for small or fine work, and many teeth, not 

 only of the beaver, but of the woodchuck, were undoubtedly so 

 used without modification. Often however the incisors of these 

 animals are found which had been worked into a more convenient 

 shape or size. From some the jagged roots have been cut off. 

 Others are split, as though for finer work, and the rough edges 

 have been rubbed smooth, Figs. 110 and 111, Plate III. 



Many perforated teeth of bears, deer, elk and wolf are found 

 on all the village sites. These were evidently worn either as 

 mere decorations or as trophies of the chase. A few human teeth 

 thus perforated have been found on Site No. 35, West Seneca. 

 Figs. 112 to 116, Plate III, shows some of these teeth. A few 

 bears' teeth have been found, the roots of which have been cut off. 



Articles Made of Clay. 



Artifacts made of clay are rare on the camp sites on both 

 sides of the Niagara River. A very few fragments of pottery have 

 been found on them, and this is usually of the "cord" or "cloth" 

 marked type, that is they are covered with the impressions of 

 cords or textiles made on the exterior when the clay was soft. 

 No clay pipes have ever been reported from camp sites. 



On the village sites on the contrary, potsherds and clay pipes 

 are so abundant that they constitute an unfailing characteristic. 

 Their presence on these sites may be due to the protection and 

 preservation afforded by the refuse heaps and graves. 



On the village sites the pottery found is almost uniformly well 

 made of fine materials, smoothly finished and artistically decor- 

 ated. Poorly made specimens are sometimes found but they are 

 the exception. The clay used is the local material from nearby 

 beds. As this burns red, the pottery is usually reddish or brown. 

 A few gray specimens have been found. The potters used for a 



