ARROWPOINTS, SPEARHEADS, AND KNIVES. 



881 



The ]»riucipal kind of luiinmer used, esi)eeially iu Europe and at Flint 

 Ridge iu Oliio, aud iu all other places where there is a stratum of Hint, 

 is a rude and irregular j)iece of Hint from the ledge. Its sharp corners 

 aud edges served better the i)urpose of a hammer, enabling the work- 

 men to strike a more precise blow aud with a smaller point of impact. 



Fig, 



ESKIMO ABEOW FLAKERS, POINT OF REINDEER HORN, HANDLE OF IVORY. 

 Evans, Ancient Stone Implements, p, 34, ti^. H. 



As one corner or edge became worn, the hammer was turned iu the hand 

 to present another, until at last the corners were all worn off and the 

 tool became practically a globe, when it is believed to have been unfit 

 for further use aud was discarded. 



Fig. 71. 

 ESKIMO ARROW FLAKERS, POINTS OF REINDEER HORN, HANDLES OP WOOD AND IVORY. 



Plate 5, fig. 11, represents a hammerstone from Spienues, Belgium, 

 aud Plate 7, fig. 11, one from Grand Pressigny, France. In working 



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