Recent Archæology Explorations in the Valley of the Delaware (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Recent Archæology Explorations in the Valley of the DelawareBut it is urged that upon clearly defined village sites the common forms of Chipped stone implements made, some of jasper, and others of argillite, are found so intimately associated that to assign to them different origins is absurd. This is unquestionably true, and I am not aware that it has ever been attempted. On the other hand, we must remember, as I have pointed out in the Popular Science mont/my for January, 1883, and again in December, 1889, that the argillite arrow-points a distinctly neolithic, Indian implement - did also occur under two conditions that strongly suggested, if they did not prove, their use by Man prior to the general introduction of quartz and jasper. I showed, first, as a reason for this, their occur rence in so many localities at a greater depth than that at which jasper and quartz arrow-heads are found. In other words, the plough unearths the Indian relics (i.e. Relics of the later Indians) in great quantities but, by digging deeper, objects of argillite are found in significant numbers, and secondly, that localities could be traced where the use of argillite had been an exclusive one Village sites, or where alittle Cluster of wigwams once had stood, whose occupants had met every requirement of their simple lives without a trace of jasper.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.