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wide. A few of the smaller specimens of this type are sharpened at one 

 end. Two of the largest tablets, drawn by Willoughby, are shown in 

 Fig. 27. None of the rectangular tablets are polished, and they show 

 no traces of carving or other decoration. Fig. 28 shows several of the 



Fig. 28. 

 Seven Sandstone Tablets ami Celt-like Objects from Altar i. 



celt-shaped objects. Those on the left appear to be of limestone instead 

 of sandstone, and are rather highly polished. The use to which these 

 objects was put, is of course, problematical. In their present state the 

 larger ones appear unfinished, and it is possible that they would have 

 eventually been decorated or carved. A number of plummets, which 

 do not differ from those found in the village sites of the Ohio Valley, 

 were found in Altar 1 . Squier and Davis also found numbers of these 

 in their explorations. As a rule, these objects are rather long and slender, 

 well polished and symmetrical (Fig. 29). 



The objects commonly known as "problematical forms," that is, 

 banner stones, boat stones, bird stones, etc., are almost absent in the 

 Hopewell group. We did find one or two slate ornaments and gorgets, 

 but none of the pendant or crescent forms were found, and no stone 

 tubes. Fig. 33 has the general form of the short bar-amulets from the 

 Ohio Valley, but differs from them in that it has a groove across the 

 back and notches on the ends. The ordinary bar-amulet is also longer 



