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NEBRASKA ARCHEOLOGY STRONG 



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points and the very delicate triangular and often notched specimens. 

 Apparently a difference in function is indicated here, a matter to be 

 dealt with later. The distribution of the arrowpoint types from house 

 I is also given in table 3. It may be added that the workmanship on 

 the more delicate points is of a very high order. The majority of the 



Tabic 2. — Classification Chart for Chipped Points^^ 

 N. Not Stciiuucd S. Stemmed 



A. Leaf-shaped. 



a. Pointed at both ends. 



b. Pointed at one end. 



1. Convex base. 



2. Straight base. 



3. Concave base. 



4. Concave base (longitudinal 



groove) [Folsom type]. 



B. Triangular. 



a. Straight base. 



1. Two side notches. 



2. Two side notches and i base 



notch. 



3. Four side notches and i base 



notch. 



4. Four side notches and no base 



notch. 



b. Concave base. 



1. Two side notches 



2. Two side notches and i base 



notch. 



c. Convex base. 



C. Diamond shaped, 

 a. Beveled. 



D. Straight sided and pointed at one 



end [Yuma type], 

 a. Narrow base [Yuma type]. 

 F. Round or ovoid in outline. 



A. Contracting stem. 



a. Shouldered only. 



b. Shouldered and barbed. 



c. Neither shouldered nor barbed 



(lozenge). 



B. Parallel-sided stem. 



a. Shouldered only. 



b. Shouldered and barbed. 



c. Neither shouldered nor barbed 



C. Expanding stem. 



a. Shouldered only. 



1. Convex base. 



2. Straight base. 



3. Concave base. 



b. Shouldered and barbed. 



1. Convex base. 



2. .Straight base. 



3. Concave base. 



c. No barb, no shoulder. 



points are of clear brown jasper, but gray flint and chert is also 

 employed. 



The small end-scraper is very common in Lost Creek sites, and 20 

 specimens were obtained in house i. Few artifacts have been given as 

 many names as this widespread form — keeled, planoconvex, thumbnail, 



*°This classification, based upon that of Thomas Wilson, 1899, part I, pp. 887- 

 944, was employed by Gifford and Schenck, 1926, pp. 80-81 ; by Schenck, 1926, 

 p. 239, and Schenck and Dawson, 1929, pp. 370-371 ; and by Strong, Schenck, 

 and Steward, 1930, pp. 78-79. It can be modified at will to suit special material. 



