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Harrington found several implements similar to 1, 3, 4, and 5 of Plate 

 3 in what were described by him as pre-Tainoan sites in Cuba. The 

 circumstances surrounding the deposition of the flint implements here 

 shown are such as to intimate the existence of a preagricultural or 

 pre-Tainoan culture in Santo Domingo and on the entire island of 

 Haiti as well. 



No. 6 of Plate 3 is of a green-textured soapstone, a very hard va- 

 riety of stone which does not occur on the south shore of the bay. 

 Similar types were uncovered at San Juan. The object is a combina- 

 tion tool, serving as a hand scraper, perforator, and saw. One of 

 the lateral surfaces is the natural smooth surface of the bowlder 

 from which the implement was struck off. The other lateral sur- 

 face has several facets. Edges show no rechipping. Dimensions : 9 

 centimeters (3.5 inches) long, 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) wide, and 

 1.2 centimeters (0.4 inch) thick. (Cat. No. 341018, U.S.N.M.) 



Three of the more common forms of stone implements from Sa- 

 mana are figured in Plate 1. No. 1 of this series (Cat. No. 341057, 

 U.S.N.M.) is from Boca del Infierno cave of the Playa Honda coast. 

 It is a granitic form scraper knife, having one smooth lateral sur- 

 face, the other being formed by fracturing. The working edge at 

 one end of the object is a single facet and shows slight evidence of 

 use. The implement is one of those primitive undifferentiated cut- 

 ting devices belonging at the very beginning of the stone-shaping 

 technic. It is 7.5 centimeters (2.9 inches) in length. Cutting edge 

 is 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) in extent. 



A schistose, flaked scraper knife, 2, of Plate 1, was recovered from 

 the deposits at San Juan. It resembles the flaked knife 1, Plate 1, in 

 that the terminal fracture is concave. The entire circumference has 

 been shaped as a cutting edge and shows evidence of use as a knife, 

 but has been dulled by use. Dimensions: 7.3 centimeters (2.9 inches) 

 long, 4.7 centimeters (1.8 inches wide, and 0.8 centimeter thick. 

 (Cat. No. 341018, U.S.N.M.) 



Polishing stones. — A polishing or smoothing stone (Cat. No. 

 341058, U.S.N.M.) was found in the deposits on the cave floor of the 

 San Gabriel cave. It is typical of many similar stones collected 

 from the middens of the caves of the Playa Honda coast as well as 

 from village sites on the peninsula. Just what the purpose of the 

 stones might be when used in the caves is impossible to determine. If 

 pottery had been made at the caves, the presence there of smoothing 

 or of polishing stones might readily be explained. Again, if polished 

 stone celts were found in the caves, the presence of various other 

 forms of polish stone might be interpreted as indicative of the pres- 

 ence of the Ciguayan Indians. From the entire lack of pottery 

 shards in some of the caves and the limited quantity in other cave 



