[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] For the October 27 workshop, it was suggested that concentration on the first three or four main sub-divisions would be desirable. (Editors note: a second conference was held on October 25 and will be reported later.) FOSSILS AND CONCRETIONS FROM COASTAL NEW YORK SITES Edward J. Kaeser Metropolitan Chapter The curious and quite common occurrences of fossiliferous pebbles amidst the midden and pit debris of prehistoric Indian camp sites in the Pelham Bay Park area of Bronx County, New York, led the writer first into an investigation of the types and period of origin and finally the possible value of these objects to the Indian as curios, medicine charms or fetishes. It is unlikely that fossils found in tide-water New York are indigenous to the area. Their water-tumbled matrix attest to a glacial (the Wisconsin) transporting of unstratified sand, gravel and stones characteristic of the coastal New York till. The Indian, in the development of lithic manufacturing skill and quest for stone of fine grade, found the coastal beaches and streambeds a treasure-trove of easily gathered raw material. Large numbers of these watertumbled stones were carried into the camp area where most of them were tested for quality of the material by striking a single or several fla kes obliquely from the periphery.