IXDf.WS or MAMI.WT.W ISLAM) 



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means ot" spccimriis ohlaiiUMl tVoiii the aiiciciil \illa^c and camp -ih-. 

 Il(MiMna\' l)c'S('(Mi KMuains ot" t lie \ai ions animals, fish, and slicll-lisli upon 

 wliicli [hv Indians dciKMidcd I'oi- suhsislcncc; tVa^mcnls of mils, corn, 

 loots, and otluM- food |)ro(lucts, j)i('S(Mvcd hy chariin<i, and ohtaincd f|-om 

 anc'i(Mit fii('i)lac(>s; and such imi)l(Mn{>nts as arrow points of antlcc and 

 ston(\ nt't-sink(Ms of stone, and stone lio(\s for tillin«;- tlic field, all illust la- 

 tive of pi-imitive mc^thods of hunting" and agriculture. Implements ex- 

 hibited in the same case show the preparation of animal and vegetable 

 food with i)rimitive utensils, while close by are tools used by tlu* Indians 

 in preparing skins. The manufactures of the Indians are illustratecl in 

 the innnediately adjacent section. 



A progressive series of implements shows the making of an arrow 

 point from a simple quartz pebble such as might be picked up anywhere 

 on the shore, with the various stages leading to the finished point; the 

 tools employed are also exhibited. Implements of stone for pecking, 

 grooving, and pohshing; hatchets and axes; pottery fragments, and 

 household utensils, such as hammers, axes, adzes, and gouges, will be 

 found at hand. 



In the upright cases there is an exhibit from Manhattan Island, 

 made up of specimens principally collected by Messrs. Alexander C. 

 Chenoweth, W. L. Calver, and R. P. Bolton, in the rock-shelters and 

 village sites at Inwood, showing as fully as possible the life of the pre- 

 historic ^lanhattan Indians. 



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DIAGRAM OF A TYPICAL SHELL DEPOSIT 



In another table case are to be seen implements and remains from 

 the shell-heaps marking a long-forgotten Indian village at Shinnecock 

 Hills, Long Island. This exhibit, which is one of the most complete of 

 its kind, gives a rather adequate picture of the ancient life of these people 

 and is especialty valuable for the number and variety of primitive manu- 

 factures shown. One of the most interesting of the sections demon- 



