. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. 486 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Stratum 2 beneath the stone floor was ; deep. It contained more ashes and less animal bones than the first. The following articles are from this deposit: i smoothed bone, F347, 3 pot rim points, F344, 345, 346, I triangular flint point, F343, i antler im- plement, F342, I perforated wolf's tooth, F341, i spatulate bone, small, F362 [pi. 34, fig. 12]. Pit 53 in trench 3 \see burial section map] was the first ash pit found in this trench and the first beyond the border of the burial ground. It was similar to other as
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. 486 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Stratum 2 beneath the stone floor was ; deep. It contained more ashes and less animal bones than the first. The following articles are from this deposit: i smoothed bone, F347, 3 pot rim points, F344, 345, 346, I triangular flint point, F343, i antler im- plement, F342, I perforated wolf's tooth, F341, i spatulate bone, small, F362 [pi. 34, fig. 12]. Pit 53 in trench 3 \see burial section map] was the first ash pit found in this trench and the first beyond the border of the burial ground. It was similar to other ash pits and contained the split and cracked bones of deer, bear, muskrat, beaver, heron and various fish. The only worked article found was an antler cylinder. Pit 55 in trench 7 was an ash pit on the eastern slope of the knoll. It was irregular in dimensions but approximately 6' by 7' and 30" deep. It contained a quantity of elk bones, deer bones, including a skull top, and a few beaver bones. The artifacts are I perforated elk's tooth, F363 [pi. 34, fig. 2], 2 bone beads, F364, 365, I bone pitching tool, F367, i antler hoe, F368, and i yellow jasper arrow 1 Fig. 3 Elk bones from pit 55, cracked and split for the marrow Pit 66. See Burial XXXVIII, pit 67. Pit 70 at 20' on the north side of trench 6 was 2! by 3' in dimen- sions and 30" deep and contained the ordinary pit refuse. The following named objects were found: i bone awl, F378, i awl point, F379, and i incised beaver tooth, 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; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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