Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . considerable extent on fish, one would expect to findnet-sinkers in their refuse heaps and on their village sites. Ourexcavations resulted in the finding of 166 of these objects, many ofthem at a depth of more than three feet. Three types of net-sinkers are represented. One of these types, shown in platexxviii, a, is made of a thin section of sandstone, or of other stonehaving a regular line of cleavage. Many of this class are quitesmall, measuring only 2 in. in diameter; there are 99 of of the second type (pi. xxvm
Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . considerable extent on fish, one would expect to findnet-sinkers in their refuse heaps and on their village sites. Ourexcavations resulted in the finding of 166 of these objects, many ofthem at a depth of more than three feet. Three types of net-sinkers are represented. One of these types, shown in platexxviii, a, is made of a thin section of sandstone, or of other stonehaving a regular line of cleavage. Many of this class are quitesmall, measuring only 2 in. in diameter; there are 99 of of the second type (pi. xxvm, b) are made frompebbles. The edges of the specimens of the first type were chippedor ground to a greater or less extent, whereas in the second typethe only evidence of workmanship is in the notches chipped orground in the opposing edges of the stone. Of this class there are48 examples in the collection. Those of the third type also aremade of pebbles, ovoid or irregular in shape, and each has anencircling groove usually pecked in the surface. As in most.
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