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the shell now measures 130 by 100 mm. An irregular hole 18 by 20 

 mm., placed transversely to the long axis of the shell, was broken or 

 cut through the wall about 30 mm. from the hinge. This, presumably, 

 was for attachment of a handle, though the exact manner in which the 

 hafting was accomplished cannot be ascertained from the specimen. 



WORK IN CHn>PED STONE 



Artifacts of chipped stone from the Steed-Kisker village site are 

 not numerous, nor do they suggest a wide range in types. Projectile 

 points, knives, scrapers, and drill points about complete the inventory. 

 Whereas the chipped-stone industry at the Renner site seems to have 

 involved the use of cores and spalls, that at the Steed-Kisker location 

 is perhaps more accurately termed a flake industry. The materials 

 used lack the variety found on Line Creek, being virtually limited to 

 gray and brown, rarely white, cherts. No obsidian was present. 



Projectile points include both simple triangular and small notched 

 forms. The former, 11 in number, are of modified NBa type, char- 

 acteristically with slightl^y convex sides and a straight or moderately 

 convex base. Of the complete specimens, the largest measures 48 by 

 22 mm., the smallest 27 by 16 mm. Notched forms include the follow- 

 ing (see p. 52) : NBal, one specimen 20 by 15 mm. ; NBa2, seven speci- 

 mens (all from the surface) 18 to 27 mm. long; NBa3, one specimen 

 32 by 16 mm. ; NBa4, one specimen 16 by 13 mm. ; NBb2, two speci- 

 mens, the larger 25 by 13 mm.; NBb-, one broken specimen 20 mm. 

 long ; SCa3, one well-made specimen with finely serrate edges 27 by 11 

 mm. ; and four unclassifiable fragments. Thirteen of the objects 

 enumerated were from the surface of the site. All, including the 

 triangular forms, are much smaller than those characteristic of the 

 Renner site.^ They are further distinguishable from the latter by a 

 more skillful secondary flaking, and by their divergent shapes (see 

 fig. 6 and compare pis. 12 and 26). 



Scrapers include 33 of the small planoconvex or "snub-nose" type 

 (pi. 27, a-c), of which 13 are surface finds. Most are well shaped 

 and differ in no important detail from those commonly found on 

 hundreds of native village and camp sites in the Great Plains. The 

 smallest is 31 by 20 mm., whence the others range upward to a maxi- 

 mum in length of 52 mm. and in width of 25 mm. 



Knives may be divided roughly into two main grouj)S — {a) those 

 with specialized outline and (b) those improvised from flakes and 

 spalls. The first group includes two ovoid or almond-shaped speci- 

 mens (pi. 27, i), a third that is oblong with rounded ends 

 (pi. 27, A), and a 4-edged beveled variant of the so-called "Harahey" 



• Steed-Kisker points do not exceed 3 or 4 grams in weight ; at tlie Renner site over 90 

 percent exceed 14 grams. 



