1881.] Anthropology. 489 
January 27, Mr. Henry W. Haynes, of Boston, calls the attention 
of the editor to the fact that as early as 1868 he himself had dis- 
covered palzolithic axes of the St. Acheul type, together with a 
most extensive series of all the usual implements that are found 
in other countries in which the existence of the “ stone age” is 
regarded as established. Mr. Haynes also states that it was he 
who first directed Dr. Mook’s attention to the palzolithic imple- . 
ments, and complains that Dr. Mook has almost totally ignored 
him in his work. The death of Dr. Mook, recently announced, 
deprive our countryman of the explanation which is justly 
is due. 
PreuIsToric ILtinors,—At the second annual meeting of the 
State Natural History Society of Illinois, held in the State House 
at Springfield, Feb. 8--10, the following papers were read: “ The 
ancient agricultural implements of stone found in the Illinois 
river bottoms and in the mounds in the Mississippi valley,” by the 
ton. Wm. Mc. Adams, of Otterville; “The Palenque Tablet, 
by Professor Cyrus Thomas; and “The Ancient Illinois,” by 
the Hon. J. G. Henderson, of Winchester. Only the most 
meager report of these interesting papers has reached us, hence 
the brevity of this notice. 
Ancient Works in New York.—There are within ten miles 
of Watertown, N. Y., many ancient fortified village sites, not to speak 
of those obliterated by the plow. We cannot use the term mound, 
as applicable to this locality, for there are no artificially construct- 
¢d mounds found here. One of the most marked features is, that 
all these sites were fortified, or defended with ditches. They are 
€n two forks of Sandy creek, a steep hill serving as embank- 
ment for the rest of the enclosure, and usually the lines run along 
the edges of an escarpment. Iam informed Ly several of our 
five feet deep. Pottery of the usual forms, and nearly always 
br oken into small pieces, is a constant paniment of these for- 
tified sites, and it is generally blackened on the inside with charred 
od, showing that the owners cooked with heated stones thrown 
into the vessels. The jar or pot, the most perfect specimens I have 
met with, was dug up in the town of Rutland many years since, 
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