Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925 · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 98
70 IROQUOIS Awls. — On most of the prehistoric sites examined by the writer, bone awls occurred, though in no great number. Several of these from the ash-beds of the fort at Locke are illustrated in pi. viii, a-e. They vary in length, the largest (the sharpened tip of which is missing) being 5| in.… … is probable that systematic Fig. 2.— Phalangeal bone of a deer, excavation of the ash and carved, from Locke. (Actual size.) refuse heaps would reveal They are not to be expected in them. graves. Hollowed Phalangeal Bones. — Hol- lowed phalangeal bones of deer, as is usual on Iroquois sites, are…
Iroquois Indians
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