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Chipped celts, fairly common (also chipped "hues" common). 



Stone " molds ", not found. 



T-shaped stone drills or awls, fairly common. 



" Whetstones ", not reported. 



Sandstone shaft polishers, common. 



Stone elbow pipes, both catlinite and " pipestone " specimens found. 



Platform pipe (one unbored specimen found at Schuyler site). 



Bone and antler artifacts are likewise rather abundant: 



Bone awls, various sizes, fairly abundant. 



Rib shaft straightener, very common. 



Antler shaft straightener, not reported. 



Bison ulna pick, present. 



Elk antler hide-scraper handle, not reported. 



Antler pick or punch, present. 



Bone paint " brushes ", not reported. 



Bison rib beaming tool, not reported. 



Scapula hoe, common (pi. 6, fig. 2, c). 



Toothed fleshers of bone, rare (i found at Burkett site). 



Bone " plume holders ", not reported. 



Antler knapping tools, not reported. 



Perforated animal teeth, not reported. 



Antler or bone bracelets, fragments found. 



Animal jaw " corn sheller ", not noted if present. 



Ornamental animal skulls, etc., one complete skeleton of mammal (badger?) 



covered with purplish red pigment in refuse heap at Burkett site. 

 Bison-horn spoon, none recovered. 

 Mussel-shell spoons, not noted. 

 Cylindrical shell ear ornaments, not found. 

 Small tubular shell beads, not reported. 

 Tubular bone beads, present at both sites. n 



Neither wooden artifacts, textile materials, nor vegetal remains have 

 been recovered from either of these protohistoric sites. The absence of 

 remains of such materials is apparently due to the greater age of the 

 Burkett and Schuyler villages than that of the historic Pawnee villages 

 previously discussed. Similarly, bison horn cores and other fragile 

 skeletal material occurs at the Hill site, whereas it is lacking in the 

 protohistoric villages. The fact that historic Pawnee cemeteries as well 

 as village sites have been opened, whereas in the protohistoric Pawnee 

 sites the cemeteries or ossuaries have not been located, must be con- 

 sidered in comparing the totality of the two cultures. Concerning 

 Caucasian contacts the Burkett site yielded a few blue-green, poorly 

 crystallized glass beads, some small copper beads, and strips of sheet 

 copper, and the Schuyler site contained bits of iron, copper leaf, a 

 tubular copper bead, and a few gun flints. No horse remains were 

 found in examining the animal bones at the Burkett site. The animal 



