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Identifier: indiansofmanhatt00skin_0 (find matches)
Title: Indians of Manhattan Island and vicinity /
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925.
Subjects: Manhattan Indians Indians of North America
Publisher: (New York) : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ked + have been explored by the Museum mainly of fresh water clams (Unio) situated on fresh water lakes in theinterior of Westchester County. There are many shell-heaps on StatenIsland. Shell-heaps occur or did occur on Constable Hook, New Jersey,and at intervals between there and Jersey City along the western shoreof New York Bay. The accompanying map gives the location of theimportant known shell deposits in the vicinity of New York City. INDIANS OF MANHATTAN ISLAND 17 Besides the shell-heaps, the ancient cemeteries of the Indian- holdmuch of interest to the archaeologist. Although most of the natives in the vicinity of Greater New Yorkdid not place objects in t he graves with t heir dead, some graves at BurialRidge, Tottenville, Staten Island, when opened for the Museum in189.), were found to contain a great many interesting and valuable re-mains. With the skeleton of a child t here was a great deposit of utensils,both finished and unfinished ornaments, such as heads, pendants, and
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INDIAN SKELETONS PIERCED BY ARROW POINTS TOTTENVILLE. STATEN ISLAND the like, a stone pipe, and a number of other objects, while not farawaythe skeletons of three Indian warriors were exhumed, in and amongwhose hones there were found, as shown in the cases devoted to thearchaeology of Staten Island, twenty-three arrow points of stone, antler,and hone.

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  • booksubject:Manhattan_Indians
  • booksubject:Indians_of_North_America
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  • bookcontributor:Columbia_University_Libraries
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