NYSAA Bulletin No. 26 — Croton Point Midden Excavation — Passage 5 (part 9)
[Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962)] Projectiles: Notched, stemmed and triangular Scrapers: Notched, beveled, triangular, simple end, and side scrapers Drills: Straight, expanded base, notched, T and Y shape *Mortuary Blades: Ovate, Lanceolate, and triangular *Cache Blades: Various shapes and thickness, percussion chipped Strike-a- lights: Isosceles triangular Knives: Base and point fragments only Celts: Fragments of various types Hammerstones: Flint hammers, bi-pitted, and single pitted pebbles Net Sinkers: Notched and combination sinker and whetstone Sinew Stones: Grooved and combination sinew and whetstone Whetstones: Tabular form Pestles: Fragments of cylindrical type Bone: None has been found Pottery: A total of twenty-six small fragments, three of which are rims of the Iroquoian type, while the remainder are potsherds with no identifying features. Some are water-worn. No. 26 November 1962 11 12 THE BULLETIN Flint chips are prevalent and flint in various asymmetric shapes that may be considered to be quarry blanks are also common. A large quantity of chipped items have been found that are broken in various stages of chipping, thus making their identification almost impossible. * Mortuary blades as referred to in this report are differentiated from cache blades in that they are thin, finely chipped blades such as are usually found in association with burials, while the cache blades are generally similar in shape though larger and thicker in section, generally of crude percussion chipping.