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NYSAA Bulletin No. 107 — Dogan Point Archaeological Site — Passage 28 (part 5)

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[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] Most of the materials used (i.e., cherts, quartz, quartzite, argillite, argillitic red slates, feldspar) could have been collected in the immediate environs of Montrose Point. Quarried materials came from Warren Co., New Jersey; in New York from the Big Spring quarry, Crooked Swamp; from the Delaware watershed; from Bar Harbor Maine; from the New York City area (LaPorta 1994). Seven end-scrapers and one side-scraper examined for microwear polishes indicate a use primarily for dry hide The stone resources were abundant both at the point and in the general area. Large numbers of unmodified cobbles were encountered in excavation, and most of them lack conchoidal fracture properties. The lack of glacial striations on these stones indicates that these cobbles and pebbles, which were moved into place by glaciers, were subsequently reworked by steep gradient streams from where they were gathered up by humans and transported to the site. A small number of cobbles showed end pecking, notching, grooving, abrasions on their sides, pit formation in opposite faces, and grinding surfaces. Two bannerstones were recovered as were two schist discs. Stone-tool production and maintenance were obvious in the flakes recovered. Four hundred twenty-three flakes were recovered in the recent excavation. Over half Figure 3. Sea-level position at Dogan Point. 28 Spring 1994 No. 107 working. Only two indicate use on fresh hides.