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painted pot (pi. i8, fig. i, c) in the ninck below cave i, and also in 

 the hollow below the stalaginitic " image " at cave 2, suggests that 

 broken fragments, especially those from line vessels, were regarded 

 as suitable ofiferings. 



GROUND STONE 



No metal or metal work was recovered at this site. Ground stone 

 artifacts were limited to six pieces. The most striking are two large 

 mace heads of attractively mottled felspar porphyry (pi. 19, fig. i, 

 a, b). The largest of these is 5 cm in height and /.y cm in diameter 

 and has a perforation 4 cm in diameter. A smaller mace head of 

 diabase has been broken in half (pi. 19, fig. i, c). Particularly note- 

 worthy is a T-shaped ax of felsite (pi. 19, fig. 2, b). Its chipi>ed 

 surface has been ground to a sharp edge, and there is a perforation 

 where the narrow butt runs into the blade. Another specimen of 

 diabase porphyry lacks this central perforation but is otherwise similar 

 (pi. 19, fig. 2, a). These axes were probably hafted, as the central 

 perforation in the one strongly suggests, but could have been used in 

 the hand as well. The ground T-shaped ax is merely a refinement of 

 the more numerous chipped axes of this type (pi. 19, fig. 2, c-f). 

 Only one stone bead was recovered, a small, round, light green bead 

 of diopside. It has already been noted that, aside from one shell bead 

 and some pottery fragments, all artifacts came from the muck below 

 cave I. 



CHIPPED STONE 



Two chipped, T-shaped axes of diabase were preserved (pi. 19, 

 fig. 2, c, f) and a number of others were found. The variety of forms 

 that these common artifacts assume is shown in the illustration 

 (pi. 19, fig. 2). One oval knife blade of chalcedony was recovered 

 (pi. 16, fig. 2, /). It is well worked and almost complete, but is not 

 as thin (11 cm in thickness) as the best from the Dixon site. 



SHELL AND WOOD 



Three shell artifacts were recovered: two large shell (Oliva por- 

 phyria Linne) " bells " or danglers from cave i and a rectangular shell 

 bead (pi. 15, c) from cave 2. The "bells" consist of medium-sized 

 shells, cut ofl^ at one end and perforated at the other (pi. 15, c). It 

 is of interest that this species is found on the west coast, but not 

 on the east coast, of Central America. They came from the muck 

 below the cave and are hard and in good condition. The rectangular 



