[Various (1967)] from the stem. Variety 2: The Van Cort Long Lines. The blade edges curve into the stem in a continuous line. Variety 3: The Van Cort Fishtails. The blade edge curves in a continuous line into the stem which then flares out. Very probably the Taconic tradition, as herein set for th, should be separated into an early and a late stage, the break coming at phase 6, where the knobby stem dies out, and an apparently new method of making the stem takes over, since thereafter stems are quite broad. Also, very probably the notched stem points called Normanskill (Ritchie 1961) and found in some numbers farther up the Hudson also belong to the Taconic tradition; 10 THE BULLETIN they have the same size, blade shape, workmanship, and general appearance. But just where to cut off a tradition, recognizing the continuant line of the, "specific theme" as an influence but altered beyond allowable tolerance, is a question still to be settled for the Taconic tradition. The model of the Taconic tradition presented here is both real in that the phases and varieties described do exist on several sites, and have been recognized in collections and in photographs of collections. It is inadequate in that not all points of the tradition-the intermediates, the hybrids, and the erratics-can be confidently classified. Doubtless, also, there are varieties, even phases, that we have not recognized, as well as peripheral varieties about which we are in doubt.