44 AMKiacAX Ml'SKTM CVIDK LEAFLETS 



Worked Teeth. Pcrloialcd tcclh of the hear, wolf, and other animals, 

 so al)un(hint on Irocjuoian sites, never seem to be found here. Beavers' 

 teeth cut and <»;i()und to an e(lji;e, occur, and may have been used as 

 cliisels, ()i- |)riiniti\(' croctkcd knixcs, or botli, as tliey were till recently 

 by some of the eastern Canadian Al^onkin. ( )lli('r cut bea\'ei- teeth may 

 have served as dice or counters in «i;amin^. 



Turtle S/ictl Cuj)s. These ai'e connnon, and consist merely of the 

 ])ony carai)ace of the box turtle {Terrapene carolimi), scraped and cleaned 

 inside, the ribs bein^ cut away from the coverinj^ to finish the utensil 

 for use. 



Antler hnplenients. Deer antlers and fragments of antler, worked 

 and unworked, occur in all shell-heaps and pits. When whole antlers 

 are found, they usually show at the base the marks of the axe or other 

 imi)lement used to detach them from the skull. Cut antler prongs, 

 prongs broken from the main shaft and others parth' hollowed and 

 sharpened show the process of manufacture of antler arrow points. 

 These are characteristic of this area and are usually' conical in shape, 

 hollowed to receive the shaft, and with one or more barbs; not infre- 

 (juently, however, they are diamond-shaped in cross-section. The shaft 

 fitted into the hollow socket as in the case of the conical bone arrow 

 points. A large number were found in and among the bones of human 

 skeletons in a grave at the Burial Ridge, Tottenville, Staten Island. 



Cylinders, neatly cut and worked all over, or cyhndrical tines made 

 of deer antler cut and rounded only at the ends, are not infreciuent, and 

 were probal)ly used as flaking tools in making and finishing arrow points 

 by pressure. One broken cylinder or pin, found on the Bowman's Brook 

 site, ^lariner's Harl)or, Staten Island, had a rounded, neatly carved head. 

 This specimen, however, seems to be unifiue. 



Pottery Stamps, perhaps of antler or bone but which may be of wood, 

 seem to have been used, judging by the decorations of many pottery 

 sherds. A pottery stamp, carved from antler, was found slightly east of 

 this region, at Dosoris, Glen Cove, Lon<j: Island, by Mr. M. R. Harring- 

 ton, and is now in the Museum collection. 



Trade Articles. 



In spite of the frequent mention by old writers of barter of European 

 for Indian goods, the amount of trade material found is small indeed. 

 While it is abuntlant in the Iroquoian area, all that has ever been found 

 here consists of a few round-socketed iron tomahawks, iron hoes, brass or 

 copper arrow points of various styles, a little porcelain, a few glass beads, 



