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Small rectangular nianos, fairly common. 



Cupped anvil stones of various sizes, very common. 



Arrow-points, rather rare. A few finely chipped and notched stone points and 



about the same number of iron points recovered. 

 Large, Hat side scrapers, very coiiuuou. These are usually crudely chipped 



quartzite hai'iug one edge rounded for holding and are especially typical 



(pi. I, fig. -', a, d). 

 Small planoconvex end scrapers, very rare. 

 Rubbing stones, common. 

 Discoidal hammerstones, common. 

 Pecking stones, common. 



Stone balls, fairly common (usually from graves). 

 Polished quartz pebbles and crystals, rare (usually from graves). 

 Grooved mauls, fairly conuuou. Rather crude. 

 Grooved axes, rare. A few straight-backed, three-quarter grooved, long-bladed 



specimens from surface at Linwood site. 

 Celts (polished), rare. 

 Celts (chipped), rare. 

 Stone " violds", not abundant, but sex'cral found in grazu's and in houses at both 



Hill and Limvood sites. They are of close-grained red stone with deep, 



broad designs cut into them. 

 T-shaped and straight small chipped drills. Rare. 

 " Whetstones" {elongate pieces of limestone, schist, or sandstone) , common in 



graves. Associated zvith left hand of 80 percent of the adult male skeletons 



at the Hill site. 

 Sandstone shaft polishers (in pairs), fairly common (pi. i, fig. 2, e). 

 Stone elbozc pipes, common. Usually of catlinitc (pi. 16, fig. 2, I). 



Bone and antler artifacts are likewise numerous. Bison scapula 

 hoes, for example, are often found in the .same cache pits with an early 

 type of iron hoe. Shell artifacts are less common. The main types are 

 as follows : 



Short bone awls, fairly common. These are usually of poor workmanship. 



Rib shaft straighteners, common. This type (illustrated in pi. 6, fig. i, c, from 

 a prehistoric ossuary) is rare in Nebraska save for protohistoric and 

 especially historic Paii.'nee sites, n'hcre they are common. 



Bison ulna pick, common. (See pi. 18, fig. i, (/, for similar type from prehistoric 

 site.) They are most common in historic Pawnee sites. 



/://.' antler hide-scraper handles, fairly conunon. Unknown as yet in proto- 

 historic or prehistoric horizons. 



Bone paint "brushes", common (pi. i, fig. _', c). Unknoivn as yel in proto- 

 historic or prehistoric horizons. 



Bison rib beaming tool, fairly common (pi. i, fig. 2, b). Unk)wwn as yet in 

 protohistoric or prehistoric horizons. 



Scapula hoes, common (pi. 6, fig. 2, d). r 



Toothed flcshers of bone, coinnion (pi. i, fig. 2, /). Unknozoi as yet in pre- 

 historic horizons. 



Bone "plume holders", rare (several from Hill site). Unknown as yet in 

 protohistoric or prehistoric horizons. 



