Indians of Manhattan Island and vicinity - (1921) (14598115298)

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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VERTICAL SECTION OF REFUSE IN FINCHS ROCK HOUSE,ABOUT MIDWAY OF THE CAVE TYPES OF INDIAN RELICS FOUND IN AND ABOUTNEW YORK CITY HAVING now taken a general view of the exhibit, the visitor maybe interested in a study of the several kinds of relics found in thislocality. As these types are somewhat unlike those found innear-by regions, we conclude that the Indians formerly living here hadhabits and customs different from those of their neighbors. For want ofa better name, these long-extinct tribes have been called collectivelythe New York Coastal Algonkin. The term Algonkin designates the
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TYPES OF ARROW POINTS 22 AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS language they spoke, while the adjectives define their habitat. Underthe designation New York Coastal Algonkin, the writer includes thetribes along the coast from Tottenville, Staten Island, the extremesouthern point of the state, to the Connecticut boundary on LongIsland Sound, including to a certain extent the shores of New Jerseyimmediately adjacent to Staten and Manhattan Islands, the east bankof the Hudson River as far north as Yonkers, and the western endof Long Island. From the examination of the remains of the New York CoastalAlgonkin area preserved in many collections, both public and private,it becomes obvious that the objects found may be roughly divided intothree groups: articles of stone, articles of bone and antler, and articles ofclay, shell, and metal. The first group is, from the imperishable natureof its representatives, naturally the largest and comprises a number ofsub-groups to be briefly described and commen