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Ancient shell heaps near New York City (1909)

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971 · New York · leaf 14

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partly cut in lengths suitable for beads. A number of these were found bunched together with a white quartz flake and a small bone awl, as if they had been in a bag. Quantities of the usual relics were found. Shell heaps, while abundant along the seacoast are seldom found inland except on salt… … Fig. 29. Map, Giving the Locations of Shell Deposits. Those marked + have been explored by the writer. Nyack and Hook Mountain on the west shore they attain considerable size. There are a few small deposits, however, composed mainly of brook clams (Unio) situated on fresh water lakes in the…

Kitchen-middens · Indians of North America · Excavations (Archaeology)

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