ARROWPOINTS, SPEARHEADS, AND KNIVES. 



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Fig. 152. 



STEMSIF.n ARROW- 

 POINT, SHOfLDERED 

 BUT NOT BARBED. 



New Braunfels, Co- 

 mal County, Texas. 

 Division III, Class B. 



Cat. No. 21158, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 151. 



STEMMED A U It O W - 

 POINT, SHOULDERED 

 BDT NOT BARBED. 



Tennessee. 

 Division III, Class B. 



Cat. No. 8238, U.S.N.M. 



straight, the shoulders are slight niid unsymnietrical, while the edges 

 are straight and come to a point. The implement is exceedingly thick, 

 the base being more than luilf as thick as it is wide. 

 The workmanshi]> is rude; one can scarcely see where 

 any tlakes have been strnck ott", and it would seem to 

 have been broken to its present shape by blows given 

 at random. We must remodel our 

 ideas in regard to arrow shafts if we 

 would have this implement inserted 

 therein, whether to be fastened by 

 ligatures or gum. It is probably 

 unfinished. 



Fig. ir>l is somewhat the same form 

 as those just described, but its work- 

 manshi}) is better. It has been fairly 

 well chipped, the tlakes taken off are 

 easily recognizable, and the edges all 

 around are fairly smooth and sharp. 

 It is of reddish jasper. The stem is straight and paral- 

 lel, the base is straight, the edges from the base to the 

 blade are slightly concave, forming the shoulders; 

 while those from the shoulder to the point are convex. 

 Fig. 152 is of whitish flint from Texas. It is rude in 

 its manufacture, quite thick com- 

 pared with the width, the stem is 

 straight, the base slightly con- 

 cave, the shoulders but little more 

 than rudimentary, and altogether 

 it serves to emphasize the difti- 

 culty of inserting these imple- 

 ments in a shaft in such manner 

 as to serve as arrows. 



Fig. 153 is of bluish chalcedony 

 from Louisiana. It is much finer 

 and better made, thinner compared 

 with the width, and would bc^ 

 much easier inserted in an arrow 

 shaft or handle. Its stem is taper- 

 ing, the base straight, the shoulders indefinite, the 

 edges convex and coming together form a point. 



Fig. 154 has the edges of its blade straight and 

 not convex. The point and corners are somewhat 

 rounded ; it is shouldered but not barbed, the stem 

 is expanding, and the base is slightly (loncave. 

 Its size, length, and width, compared with thickness, place it on the 

 border between an arrowpoint and a spearhead. 



Fig. 154. 



STEMMED ARROWPOINT OF 

 PALE GRAY FLLNT, SHOCL- 

 DERED BUT NOT BARBED. 



St. Mary County, Mary- 

 la nil. 

 Division III, Class B. 

 31 X 24 X J. 

 Cat. No. 12185, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 1.53. 



STEMMED ARROW- 

 POINT, SHOULDERED 

 BUT NOT BARBED. 



I'lantersville, More- 

 liouse County, 

 Louisiana. 



Division III, Class B. 

 2Jxlixf. 



Cat. No. .■14407, U.S.N.M. 



