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and the pipe is 40 mm in height with a diameter of 21 mm for both 

 bowl and stem. It is a well made, compact specimen with a projecting 

 rounded point opposite the stem opening. The stem opening is again 

 only slightly smaller than that of the bowl. 



Only one other pipe fragment was found in house i. This is the 

 section of the bowl of what must have been a large pipe of white 

 " pipestone ". Around the rim are two notches, 23 mm apart, which 

 may have been ownership marks or simple attempts at decoration. 

 There is a slight curve at the bottom of this broken section, evidently 

 indicating the beginning of the stem. Although great care was taken, 

 no other pieces of this pipe were found during the excavation. 



From the foregoing it appears that the elbow pipe bored from a soft 

 stone was the predominant (and only) type found in house i. It is 

 also the most common form in local collections from the Lost Creek 

 district. However, it should be noted that several pipes and pipe bowls 

 of baked clay were recovered in house 2 which, in all other regards, 

 was closely similar in its cultural content to house i. The clay pipe, 

 therefore, was also occasionally used by the Lost Creek people at this 

 period. 



In all, 16 shaft polishers of various shapes and sizes were recovered 

 from house i. All but two are of red Dakota sandstone, the two excep- 

 tions being of white sandstone. The largest (pi. 17, fig. i, d) is 

 120 mm long, 41 mm wide, and 31 mm high, and has a shape suggesting 

 the modern nail buffer. The profile of this type of shaft polisher 

 (pi. 17, fig. I, /) is best illustrated by a smaller lime-impregnated 

 specimen also from house i. The type is characterized by a single 

 groove and the artifacts were probably used in pairs for smoothing 

 down arrow shafts and similar wooden or bone objects. 



The other specimens are smaller, and although the majority suggest 

 the " nail bufi'er " type in outline, a few are square or rectangular in 

 shape. The latter have from one to three polishing grooves, some of 

 which are more worn than others. The smallest specimens are the most 

 irregular and appear to have been used rather haphazardly. 



Five hammerstones were found in house i. One of these (pi. 17, 

 fig. I, k) is definitely worked and is a rather common type in Lost 

 Creek sites. The material is a conglomerate of sand cemented with 

 lime and of firm consistency. The two flat surfaces have been slightly 

 hollowed out to fit the thumb and fore-fingers and the rounded edge 

 has been used as a hammer. Both sides and edge show pitting, but the 

 latter was apparently the main striking surface. It measures 90 mm in 

 diameter, 54 mm in thickness, with a hollow on both sides of about 

 5 mm. Three of the other hammerstones are much cruder. They have 



