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to detach them from the skull. Cut antler prongs, prongs broken from the 

 main shaft and others partly hollowed and sharpened show the process of 

 manufacture of antler arrow points. These arc characteristic of this area 

 and are usually conical in shape, hollowed to receive the shaft, and with one 

 or more barbs; not infrequently, however, they are diamond-shaped in 

 cross section. The shaft fitted into the hollow socket as in the case of the 

 conical hone arrow points. A large number were found in and among the 

 hones of human skeletons in a grave at the Burial Ridge, Tottcnville, Staten 

 Island. 



Cylinders-, neatly cut and worked all over, or cylindrical tines made of 

 deer antler only cut and rounded at the ends, are not infrequent, and were 

 probably used as flaking tools in making and finishing arrow points by 

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

 Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island, had a rounded, neatly carved head. This 

 specimen, however, seems to be unique. 



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, Long Island, by Mr. M. B. Harrington, 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 abundant in the Iroquoian area, all that has ever been found here con- 

 sists of a few round-socketed iron tomahawks, iron hoes, brass or copper 

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

 and plain, and some old pipes, notably those stamped "B. Tippet" on the 

 bowl. All these articles are very rare here, and for this no adequate expla- 

 nation can be given. 



Resume. 



This area was inhabited during historic times by the following tribes: 1 

 A. The Lenni Lenape, or Delaware, ranging from the Baritan River, 

 including Staten Island, to Saugerties on the west bank of the Hudson. 



1 On the map (Fig. is), these tribes arc shown together with the Long [stand and other 

 neighboring tribes as indicated by Beauchamp in the map accompanying his " Aboriginal Occu- 

 pation of New York," New York State Museum, Bulletin 32. Albany, 1900. 



