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AMERKLW Ml si':cM (hidk leaflets 



st rates, 1)\' iiicaiis ol" n sciics of specimens, the ])riiiiil Inc met hods of cut- 

 ting hone and antler em|)l()yed l)y tliese Indians. I^one was cut \)\ notch- 

 in*!; Of ^rooN'in^- it witli a stone knife oi' flake, and then breaking it at the 

 «ii()o\'e. Antlei- was woiked in the same way, hut it is very j)i-ol)al)le that 

 the Indians hoiled antlei- in older to make it more pliable and easily cut. 

 I'^iom the apj)earance of |)otterv fragments now to he found on the 

 sites of the ancient Indian \illa<i;es of this vicinit>' and the methods of 

 modein Indian j)()tterv makers, we may safel\' conclude that most, if 

 not all, of the eaithenware manufactuicHl in this locality' was made b}' the 

 coil process, which consisted of the following steps: The Indians first 

 secured ehiy of a suitable (luality, whicli was mixed with pounded shell or 

 stones to make it touj^her and more durable. It was then worked into 

 long rolls, and the Indians, beginning at the bottom, worked the pot up 

 l3y adding coil after coil, blending or smoothing the coils with a smooth 

 stone until they did not show from either the interior or exterior surface. 

 When the pot was completed, it was decorated by stamping or incising 

 designs about the c^xterior of the rim. 



CROSS SECTION OF A SHELL PIT 



The upright case at the end contains an exhil^it from the remnants of 

 the Algonkin and Iroquois Indians of New York State and New England, 

 while a map showing the location of most of the Indian villages of 

 Greater New York and vicinity and an actual section of a typical shell- 

 heap, as well as photographs and labels describing the opening and exca- 



