LISTS OF SPECIMENS DISTRIBUTED. 



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Perfohatou.— Horustone. 

 Valley of (lio Ohio Kiver. 

 Origiual, ITo. H5303, in U. S. National Mu- 

 seum; collected by W. W. Bowera. 



DIGGING- IMPLEMENTS. 



Large, tlat objects, usually of siliceous material, 

 chipped into an oval or ovoid outline, sharp around 

 the edge; some tapering, some truncated and 

 notched. These are peculiar to the eastern half 

 of the United States. One has lately been depos 

 ited in the Peahody Museum. It was found in 

 Maine, and is the largest known, being 18 inches 

 long, G inches wide, and IJ inclics tbick. They 

 aie more frequent in the region of the Mississippi, 

 Ohio, and Tennessee valleys. Many show evi- 

 dences of wear, but some show a polisli not yet 

 accounted for. (Handbook, p. 644, fig. 19.) 



Class I. Oval without notches. 



Class II. Ovoid, truncated, notched, etc. 



DiaaiNii iMPLEMEN'i', Class I.— Novacu- 



lite. 



St. Clair County, 111. 



Cast, No. 30230, in V. S. National Museum ; 

 original collected by Dr. J. J. R. Patrick. 



Digging Imple.ment, Class I.— Flint. 

 From an ancient cemetery. White Creek 



road, 9 miles from Nashville, Tenn. 



Cast, No. 11487, in U. S. National Museum ; 



original collected by Dr. Josejih Jones. 



Diguing Implement, Class I.— White 



hornstone. 



St. Clair County, 111. 



Cast, No. 30153, in TJ. S. National Museum ; 



original collected by Dr. J. J. R. Patrick. 



Digging Implement, Class II.— Bluish- 

 gray flint. 

 East St. Louis, 111. 

 Cast, No. 30228, in V. S. National Museum ; 

 original collected by Dr. J. J. R. Patrick. 



Digging Implement, Class 11.— Gray 



Hint. 



Madison County, 111. 



Cast, No. 10040, in V. S. National Museum ; 



original in collection of William S. Vaux. 



Dio(iiNG Implement, Class II.— Bluisli- 



gray flint. 



East St. Louis, 111. 



Cast, No. 30229, in U. S. National Museum ; 



original collected bj' Dr. J. -J. R. Patrick. 



SCRAPERS. 



Thick flakes of flint, obsidian, etc., worked at 

 one extremity to a convex edge. They were in- 

 serted in a handle and used fur scraping any needed 



substance, but principally for dressing skins. Oc- 

 casional specimens are found with a stem and 

 barb, resembling in that regard certain arrow and 

 spear heads, from a broken one of which it is sup- 

 posed they have been made, thus serving a .second- 

 ary purpose. Another class are the disks of quartz 

 which are mostly found on the Atlantic Coast 

 from Maine to North Carolina. (Uaudbook, p, 643, 

 fig. 17.) 



Disk-scrapek.— Quartz. 



Sag Harbor, N. Y. 



Original, No. 59109, in U. S. National Mu- 



seuui ; collected l)y W. W. looker. 



STONE DAGGERS. 



Thesearediflcrentfrom and not to be confounded 

 with the leaf-sliaped implements whicli may have 

 had wooden handles and have been used indiffer- 

 ently as knives or spearheads. (Handbook, p. 640, 

 pl.cvi.) They are rare, in the United States. 'J'hey 

 resemble the same weapon from Scandinavia, and 

 ;iie, like them, always chipped and rarely or never 

 polished. TIic handles have been worked out of 

 the .«olid. ( Handbook, p. 639, fig. 13. ) 



Stone DA(iGEK Chert. 



Pearl Depot, Pike County, 111. 

 Original, No. 32831, in U. S. National Mu- 

 seum; collected by Brainard Mitchell. 



Stone Daggek. — Brown, jaspery flint. 

 Warren County, Ky. 

 Cast, No. 61858, in U. S. National Museum ; 

 original collected by Dr. John B. Tounglove. 



Stone Dagger.- Gray flint. 

 Found in a mound near Carthage, Hale 



County, Ala. 

 Original, No. 9330, iu U. S. National Mu- 

 seum ; collected by Prof. N. T. Lupton. 



Stone Dagger.— Hornstone. 

 Found ill a mound near Nashville, Tenn. 

 Original, No. 32059, in U. S. National Mu- 

 seum; collected by Maj. J. W. Powell. 



STONE SWORDS? 



These a^(^ similar to the daggers, yet withoiit 

 indication of handles. They were chipped and 

 not polished. The handle was doubtless wrapped 

 with skin, cloth, grass, or the like. (Handbook, 

 p. 639, pi. cvi, tig. 78.) 



Stone Sword.— Dark-brown flint. 



Ancient earthwork on the Big Harpcth 



River, near Franklin, Tenn. 



Cast, No. 11481, in U. S. National Museum ; 

 original collected by Dr. Joseph Jones. 



Stone Sword. — Obsidian. 



From a mound, Oregon. 



Cast, No. 30190, in U. S. National Museum; 



original collected by Capt. A. W. Chase. 



