742 Archeology of the Champlain Valley. [December, 
Gorgets, with one hole or two, are found all over the region we 
are considering. As is the case elsewhere, these are usually 
made of some compact, fine-grained stone that is capable of 
taking a smooth polish. Slate is the most common material in 
those that I have seen, sometimes red roofing slate, often a dark- 
greenish talcose slate veined with black. The gorgets with one 
hole are less common and less elegantly made than those with 
two, and the material seems less carefully selected. Of the two- 
hole stones, those of rectangular outline are most abundant, not 
that all these are rectangular, but with some modification of this 
form, as with corners cut off making an octagonal figure, or rounded 
more or less. In these, as in the banner stones, we find, in Ver- 
mont, many specimens closely resembling those found in the 
Mississippi valley. A greater range was possibie in the choice of 
material of which to make “banner stones” for, as they are often 
thick, a material which would readily cleave into thin flat pieces 
was not essential, as it was in case of the manufacture of gorgets. 
Accordingly we find the banner stones made not only of slate, 
like that of which the gorgets were most often made, but also of 
limestone, greenstone, syenite, &c. With one exception, and 
perhaps that was for a different purpose, all the banner stones are 
perforated, sometimes by a hole of considerable size, and the 
regularity which we find in the perforation of very hard stones is 
often very remarkable, as is also the finish of the entire specimen. 
The “boat stones” alluded to in speaking of the Swanton 
graves are also found in other places, though nowhere common. 
Some of these are deeply excavated on the upper or flat side, 
others but very slightly or not at all. In the selection of material 
for the manufacture of the different classes of what are consid- 
ered ornamental articles, some principle was adopted which we 
cannot understand, for while stone that was attractive in color was 
used, much that could easily have been obtained and that would 
have made, so far as our judgment goes, much more beautiful coe 
objects, was neglected. For example, in many places on the 
shore of Lake Champlain, a fine black slate conspicuously veined 
and clouded with pure white satin spar abounds, and everyone bid 
familiar with the fact that a great variety of marble is abundant in 
Vermont, and much of this crops out on the surface and could | 
_ have been easily obtained, but when we search in collections of 
archeological objects for specimens made of these materials, We 
