10 Schwartz & Bekvok, Dmvn of Hiininn Intention. 



used for striking. The characteristic traces of the work 

 are some degree of those named for hammer stones, 

 namely an aureole of flakes around the striking end. 

 L-shaped stones are also employed, one branch being held 

 in the hand. 



(35) ^^^- Anvils. The anvil may be regarded as a 

 passive hammer, and as already pointed out under \a 

 p. 8, the characteristic traces of the work are the same 

 as for hammer stones ; in addition to those traces, in some 

 instances the battering of the underside of the anvil 

 against the stones upon which it rests may be observed. 



(36) The fragments selected for anvils vary consider- 

 ably in size, some being quite small. One surface is 

 usually flat and frequently the surface opposed to this is 

 flat also, and in such cases both faces are often used for 

 striking on. 



{^Z7^ ^"^ would be expected, the blows received on the 

 anvil would vary considerably in intensity, and in conse- 

 quence the flakes detached are of all sizes from small to 

 large, disposed in an irregular manner along the edges, 

 but all running in the same direction, that is from the face 

 to the base. 



(38) le. SJiarpeners. These are specialised forms of 

 hammers employed for producing the secondary working 

 necessary for re-sharpening a blunt tool. In form they are 

 elongated prisms, and on one edge show battering due to 

 percussion of a light character. 



(39) If. Fire Stones. Throughout the lithic industries' 

 there occur fragments of stone bearing manifest traces of 

 flaking which in the present state of our ignorance it is 

 difficult to assign to a definite class of tool. They show 

 along their edges the effects of a series of blows distributed 

 in groups. The flaking, while it is in the same direction 

 for a given group, is frequently in reverse directions for 



