ARROWPOINTS, SPEARHEADS, AND KNIVES. 



897 



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A cbaracteristic of the Mousterien (Paleolithic) point is that it 

 was made from a Hake struck from the nucleus with a single blow, and 

 the under or tlat side was left unobipped and untouched, 

 while the top or outside was wrought by chipping to a 

 fine edge and i)oint. Fig. 93 is almost uni(jue among 

 American specimens in the U. S. National Museum 

 in the possession of this characteristic. The illustra- 

 tion is of the top side, and it shows the chipping; 

 the other side is a clean fracture with no chipping. 

 The specimen is pale-bluish chalcedony, translucent, 

 and comes from Mexico. It is pointed at both ends and 

 belongs to Class A, leaf-shaped. Fig. 94 is leaf-shaped, 

 elliptical, pointed at both ends, and belongs to Class A. 

 It comes from Georgia. The material is the gray pyro- 

 machic chert similar to the large disks (Plates 62-03) 

 found in caches in Ohio and Illinois. The tipend of the 

 base shows the crust of the pebble from which the im- 

 plement was made. In general appearance it resembles 

 the others of Class A, but has a distinguishing differ- 

 ence which may assist in determining the method of use of this style 

 of implement. It has two notches opposite each 

 other in the edges near the base, evidently inten- 

 tional, and which we may assume were for attach- 

 ment of a handle by ligature. The implement is 



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 Fig. 89. 



LEAF-SHAPED IMPLE- 

 MENT, POINTED AT 

 BOTH ENDS. 



Division I, Class A. 



Cst. No. 7063, U.S.N.M. 



quite too heavy 

 point; it might 

 for this; another 



Fig. 90. 



LEAF - SHAPED I M P L E M E N T, 

 POINTED AT BOTH E.\DS. 



Division I, Cluss A. 

 5J X 2^ X i. 



Cat. No. 6440, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 91. 

 LEAF-SHAPED IMPLE- 

 MENT, POINTED AT 

 BOTH ENDS. 



Santa Barbara 



County, California. 



Division I, Class A. 



2gxSxi. 



Cat. No. 15280, U.S.N.M. 



for an arrow- 

 be a spear, but 

 having the same 



Fig. 92. 



LEAF-SHAPEU IMPLE- 

 MENT, POINTED AT 

 BOTH ENDS. 



California. 



Division I, Class A. 



SJxSxf. 



Cat. No. 18088, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 93. 



LEAF-SHAPED IMPLE- 

 MENT, POINTED AT 

 BOTH ENDS. 



National Museum, 



Mexico. 



Division I, Class A. 



4ix2Jxi. 



Cat. No. 31651, U.S.N.M. 



weight, but shorter and thicker, would serve equally well and not be 

 fragile nor in continual danger of breakage. Whether it was intended 

 NAT 3IUS 97 57 



