NO. 2280. _4 PIT HOUSE VILLAGE IN NEW MEXICO-HOUGH. 



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lar of chalcedony or other hard stone (fig. 26, No. 300093, U.S.N.M.) ; 

 6 inches long, 3^ inches diameter. 



Ilarnmer stones. — Water-worn quartz pebble showing several 

 bruised areas, due to work in hammering. This specimen is a good 

 example of the selection of a naturally formed stone for a particular 

 use (292099) ; 2^ 

 inches in diameter. 



Another of brown 

 grit stone bears evi- 

 dence of use as a 



hammer and rubbing stone (292099) ; 3^ by 3 by 2 inches. The utility 

 hammer. hoAvever. of this site begins as a block of chalcedony, often 

 having one face showing the curve of the parent formation. This 

 block from use becomes rounded and smaller until when comnava- 



FiG. 22.— Pestle of green stone. 



Fig. 23.— Smooth stone slab 

 forming a hearth. 



Fig. 21.— Fragment of 

 smooth stone slab. 



Fig. 2.'.— Stone=..slab from mealing 



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tively siuooth is discarded or employed in minor work, as in the case 

 of a pebble just picked up for the occasion. In this way numerous 

 hammers gather about a long-inhabited site and superficially give an 

 indication of numerous workers. Observations among the Hopi prove 



tliat a hanmier stone is useful 

 for working stone only while 

 its facets are sharp. The ham- 

 mer is then given a chisel effect 

 rather than a bruising effect 

 (292098, U.S.N.M.) ; 2J inches 

 in diameter. 



Ahrading stones.— IvvQgwlixv 

 pieces of brown grit btone 

 showing use of abrading were 



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relatively frequent m the pit- 

 house debris. Some of them have flat working surfaces, but 

 many of them have been reduced b}^ use to nondescript shapes, 

 as though by employment in shaping wood. Grit stone is scarce 

 in this region, and pieces of it \Aere no doubt prized by the pit 



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