. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 537 Complete flint articles were not numerous on the surface although there was an abundance of chips and broken blades. The ash pits contained numbers but the graves the most. The lack of finished points on the surface may be due to the fact that each year as the ground was plowed the arrow points were picked up. The older inhabitants say that bushels of arrows and " skinning stones " have been carried off. It is probable that most of the durable objects left on the surface when the site
. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. AN ERIE INDIAN VILLAGE AND BURIAL SITE 537 Complete flint articles were not numerous on the surface although there was an abundance of chips and broken blades. The ash pits contained numbers but the graves the most. The lack of finished points on the surface may be due to the fact that each year as the ground was plowed the arrow points were picked up. The older inhabitants say that bushels of arrows and " skinning stones " have been carried off. It is probable that most of the durable objects left on the surface when the site was deserted by its aboriginal in- habitants have been removed by the white tillers of the soil who followed them at a later period and whose curiosity was aroused by the strange artifacts which were turned up by their plows. At any rate very little was found except below plow depth. Of the points that might be safely termed arrowheads there were but two that had notched shoulders. With these exceptions all the arrowheads were triangular. The workmanship was good and most of the points were thin and evenly worked. The material in general was gray flint or chert but some points were found made from. Fig. 21 Spear or knife of translucent chalcedony. The only form of this im- plement found in the site yellow jasper. Most of the points found on the eastern slope of the knoll were of this material. The various forms of triangular flints are shown in plate 24. Of the flint blades, not arrow points, only two had notched shoulders. One of these was a beautifully wrought blade, a spear. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum. Albany : University of the State of New York
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