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DISCOVERIES AT A VILLAGE OF THE STOKE AGE. 29 
life of the men of the stone-age in Europe and of the Indian 
tribes of North America. The various features of the culture 
and arts of the men of Bocabec are thus not necessarily those 
of an Indian tribe, but rather that of a people who had 
reached a stage of advancement similar to that in which the 
“Indian” nations were found when the Western World was 
revealed to the gaze of Europeans. 
REFERENCE TO WOOD-CUT, 
EXPLANATION OF VILLAGE SITE. 
A — Rocky ridge on west side of village. 
B — Ruins of Phil’s ” House. 
C — Area of plowed land, — level — covered by a layer of clam shells 
about 3-10 inches thick; here the hut bottoms are obliterated. 
D — Swale — uneven surface, covered with weeds and bushes, and 
having scattered shell heaps. 
E — Part of the village undisturbed by the plow. Kitchen-middens 
deep and hut bottoms distinct: 
F — Low part of the swale, with irregular hillocks and shell heaps, now 
liable to be swept by the surf in heavy sales. 
G — Gravelly sea-beach in front of the village. 
The hut bottoms which have letters or numbers are those where 
the excavations referred to in this article were made. 
EXPLANATION OF HUT BOTTOM “A. 
H — Kitchen-middens before and behind the hut bottom. 
I — Stones at the outer margin of the hut bottom. 
J — Layer of beach gravel, used to raise the sleeping bench, outlining 
the form of the hut bottom. 
— Fire-place, with charcoal, bones, sherds, etc. 
— Layer of surface mould. 
— Layer of pottery clay outside of hut. 
— Bed of clay (Leda clay) underlying the hut bottoms. 
