894 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



iiess. The thickness of the iini)lemeiit represented by this figure is froaft 

 one-third to one-lialf of its width. Its thickness makes the difference. 

 The iiuthor would not iiflirni tliat objects of this chiss belong to a diflereut 

 epoch or Avere made by different prehistoric people, nor the difference 



in the use for which they were intended. 

 The leaf-shaped implements are themselves 

 quite too doubtful on these (juestions to 

 justify dogmatism on the part of any per- 

 son, and the latter implements with their 

 differences serve to increase rather than 

 diminish the difficulties of a satisfactory 

 decision. The two figures (85 and 86) pre- 

 sent the same idea. From the side view 

 alone one would not know the difference 



Fig. 84. 



FEUROQINOUS CONCiLOMEUATE CON- 

 TAININU JASl'EU PKliBLES. 



Blouut Coiiuty, Alabama. 



Not leaf-sliapeil (inserted lor coiu- 



pai'isoii). 9|x2Jxl|. 



Cat. No. 611143, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 85. 



PALE GRAY FLINT HAVING THE APPEARANCE nV AHA- 

 TIZED WOOD. 



Anstiu, Texas. 



Not leaf-shaped (inserted for comparison) . li.J x "Jj x 14- 



Cat. No. 18S6S>, U.S.N.M. 



between these implements and those following. But with the thickness 

 remarked one recognizes at a glance that these are not in any sense 

 the leaf-shaped implements we have been considering. They are not 

 made by the same lu'imitive man, nor do they belong to the same epoch 

 of civilization. In Europe the thick one belongs to the earliest epoch 



