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cross-section appear as a cross with rounded segments. There are 

 also six irregularly shaped shaft polishers of sandstone, three with 

 two grooves, one with 3 grooves, and one with a single groove. In 

 length these artifacts range from 55 to 30 mm. 



Five hammerstones were recovered. They are of hard stone, rough 

 in contour, and with the sides or ends battered by use. Only one, the 

 largest specimen (54 mm long), has two pecked indentations on the 

 side which serve as grips for thumb and forefinger. 



There is one partially ground celt with the butt end broken ofif 

 (pi. 17, fig. 2, c). The material is a hard stone, basalt or granite, 

 which has been chipped and lastly polished to shape. The blade is 

 narrow (35 mm in width) but quite sharp, and the fragment is 70 mm 

 long and 55 mm across at the break, which is just past the, middle 

 section. There is no indication of any groove. 



Four stone fragments have evidently been employed for grinding 

 paint and polishing pottery. One is a thin oval pebble of hard blue 

 material 90 mm in length with the edges worn and stained red. Two 

 are rough fragments of hard stone, each with one smooth face stained 

 with red. The fourth is apparently only a corner of an evenly rec- 

 tangukr piece of gray sandstone, with two flat surfaces and both 

 remaining edges rounded. One face is slightly hollow. Both faces 

 and edges show evidence of grinding, but there is no stain on any of 

 them. 



Two beautifully smooth and much- worn fragments of red hema- 

 tite were found. These are small with polished faces and edges, and 

 when dampened, they can be used to write with like red crayons. 

 They were probably employed for facial or other decorative painting. 



Of the miscellaneous unchipped stone material, 33 fragments of 

 red sandstone, evidently containing much iron, are of interest. These 

 had been subjected to intense heat, which caused their disintegration. 

 Whether this process was intended to produce tempering material or 

 paint is problematical. Five fragments of slaked lime, four white 

 and one pink, will write like chalk. There is also one fairly large 

 lump of the pumicelike material. 



Work in Chipped Stone 



Only four arrowpoints were recovered in house 2. Two of these 

 are merely triangular flakes of " Nehawka " flint, crudely retouched 

 on one side with the other side smooth. Because of the plane of 

 cleavage, both are slightly curved. Such points seem rather unpracti- 

 cal for projectiles and may have been employed as small knives or 

 gravers. Because of their aberrant nature, they are not classified in 

 table 3. Another larger point (35 mm in length) of "Nehawka" 



