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of gray fossiliferous chert, measuring 85 by 51 by 19 mm., has worn 

 or ground edges at the smaller end and for some distance down the 

 sides. Possibly this was originally hafted in some way so as to leave 

 the wider curved end free as a cutting tool. 



WORK m GROUND STONE ; MISCELLANEOUS STONE OBJECTS 



From the surface of the site came the incomplete ax of diabase 

 illustrated in plate 28, c. Much cruder than those from the Kenner 

 site, this specimen has a square cutting edge and a shallow pecked 

 encircling groove. There is a possibility that a second groove for- 

 merly existed at the line of fracture. The poll is missing. The sur- 

 face is finely dimpled and only the extreme cutting edge has been 

 smoothed. Elliptical in cross section, the piece measures 89 by 84 

 by 28 mm. 



Plate 28, h, also shows the only other diabase implement found, 

 which came from house 2. The specimen has been split lengthwise 

 through most of its length, with the smaller part missing. The upper 

 end, about 2 cm. wide, is rounded and blunt ; at the opposite extremity 

 there is a curving polished blade. The entire surface has been pecked 

 and, in spots, polished after a fashion. In cross section the object 

 is planoconvex, and the blade, in addition to being curved, is also 

 hollowed out. Despite its fragmentary condition, I suspect that this 

 specimen may be identified as a gouge or adz blade. 



Reminiscent of similar objects from the Renner site is the quartzite 

 ball from pit 8 (pi. 28, d). With an average diameter of 65 mm., it 

 is asymmetrical and unsmoothed, and its purpose is conjectural. 



Pipes are indicated by two specimens. Especially interesting is 

 the large effigy pipe of chalky limestone shown in plate 29. Tliis was 

 apparently pecked into shape but not smoothed. Viewed in profile 

 it suggests the head of a lizard. Eyes are represented by two shallow 

 circular depressions ca. 28 mm. in diameter, one on each side of the 

 specimen; the mouth is a narrow deeply incised line running low 

 around the snout ; and there is a hollow under the chin. Two rounded 

 conoidal holes, one descending from the top and the other entering 

 from the upper rear, meet at a slightly obtuse angle. The upper, 

 slightly blackened, is 27 mm. across by 22 mm. deep; that from the 

 rear, presumably fitted with a wooden or bone stem when the pipe 

 was in use, is a little smaller and connects with the bowl through a 

 short cylindrical opening. There are no traces of a "cake" from which 

 the identity of the substance smoked could be determined. 



From pit 10 came a thin arclike segment of gray limestone, which 

 appears to be a fragment of the disk from a pipe possibly shaped like 

 that shown in plate 40, d. One surface, probably the upper, is slightly 

 concave ; the other is convex and has a suggestion of a lip at the center 



