TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



ARTICLE IV. (287.) The Arch^ological Collection of the United States National 



Museum, in charge of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 



D. C. By Charles Rau. Published August, 1876. 4to. pp. 118. 



Three hundred and forty wood-cuts. 



Introduction ...-•••• 



Stone ...•••••• 



A. Flaked and Chipped Stone ...... 



1. Raw Material ...... 



2. Irregular Flakes of Flint, Obsidian, etc., produced by a sin- 



gle blow ....... 



3. Two-edged narrow Flakes of Obsidian and Prismatic Cores 



or Nuclei, from which such Flakes have been detached by 

 pressure ....... 



4. Pieces of Flint, Quartz, Obsidian, etc., roughly flaked, and 



either representing rude tools, or designed to be wrought 

 into more regular forms — Unfinished Arrow and Spear 

 heads 



5. Arrow-heads . 



6. Spear-hcads . 



7. Perforators . 



8. Scrapers 



9. Cutting and Sawing Implements 



10. Dagger-shaped Implements . 



11. Leaf-shaped Implements 



12. Large flat Implements of silicious material, usually ovoid in 



shape, and sharp around the circumference (Digging Tools) 



13. Large flat Implements, mostly of oval outline, but truncated 



and laterally notched at the end opposite the working edge 

 (Digging Tools) 



14. Wedge or Celt-shaped Implements . 



B. Pecked, Ground and Polished Stone 



1. Wedges or Celts 



2. Chisels .... 



3. Gouges .... 



4. Adzes .... 



5. Grooved A.xes 



6. Hammers .... 



7. Drilled Ceremonial Weapons 



8. Cutting Tools 



9. Scraper and Spade-like Implements . 



10. Pendants and Sinkers 



11. Discoidal Stones and Implements of kindred 



12. Pierced Tablets and Boat-shaped Articles 



13. Stones used in Grinding and Polishing 



14. Vessels .... 



15. Mortars 



16. Pestles 



17. Tubes 

 IS. Pipes 



19. Ornaments 



20. Sculptures . ' 



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