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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  this 
  whole 
  culture 
  was 
  Neolithic. 
  The 
  stone 
  implements 
  include, 
  be- 
  

   sides 
  hatchets, 
  knives, 
  arrowheads, 
  and 
  drills. 
  Especially 
  character- 
  

   istic 
  are 
  the 
  " 
  thunder-mallets," 
  or 
  " 
  stone-mallet-swords," 
  and 
  the 
  

   crescent-shaped 
  knives 
  with 
  projecting 
  knob 
  at 
  the 
  butt 
  or 
  back, 
  

   probably 
  designed 
  to 
  afford 
  a 
  hold 
  in 
  binding 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  thong. 
  

  

  The 
  personal 
  ornaments 
  appear 
  in 
  shape 
  of 
  stone 
  and 
  clay 
  rings, 
  

   beads, 
  and 
  comma-shaped 
  objects, 
  called 
  magatama 
  (" 
  crooked 
  

   jewels"). 
  The 
  pottery 
  decorations 
  show 
  great 
  variety 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  

   motive. 
  

  

  The 
  bones 
  occurring 
  most 
  frequently 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  deer, 
  boar, 
  

   fox, 
  bear, 
  and, 
  occasionally, 
  dog, 
  wolf, 
  and 
  monkey. 
  Human 
  bones 
  

   are 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  fragments 
  of 
  the 
  tubular 
  bones, 
  such 
  as 
  

   the 
  humerus, 
  radius, 
  ulna, 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  small 
  collection 
  from 
  Korea 
  includes 
  rude 
  celts 
  and 
  chisels 
  of 
  

   trap 
  rock, 
  polished 
  celts 
  of 
  quartzite, 
  polished 
  and 
  carved 
  daggers 
  

   and 
  spearheads 
  of 
  shale, 
  polished 
  arrowheads, 
  semicircular 
  knives, 
  

   notched, 
  or 
  hour-glass-shaped 
  implements, 
  amber 
  beads, 
  and 
  

   "crooked 
  jewels." 
  

  

  Remains 
  of 
  the 
  Stone 
  Age 
  From 
  Africa. 
  

  

  EGYPT. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  Egyptian 
  stone 
  implements 
  have 
  been 
  picked 
  up 
  upon 
  

   the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  desert 
  where 
  relics 
  of 
  various 
  ages 
  are 
  found 
  

   mingled, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  to 
  determine 
  their 
  age 
  other 
  

   than 
  their 
  form 
  and 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  their 
  surface, 
  as 
  no 
  animal 
  re- 
  

   mains 
  belonging 
  to 
  species 
  now 
  extinct 
  have 
  thus 
  far 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  

   an 
  undisturbed 
  stratum 
  in 
  Egypt, 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  commonly 
  agreed 
  that 
  

   the 
  northeast 
  corner 
  of 
  Africa 
  was 
  occupied 
  by 
  man 
  at 
  a 
  very 
  re- 
  

   mote 
  period. 
  The 
  implements 
  resembling 
  those 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  river- 
  

   drifts 
  of 
  Europe 
  may 
  therefore 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  an 
  early 
  age, 
  while 
  

   the 
  finely 
  chipped 
  implements, 
  such 
  as 
  knives, 
  lance-heads 
  with 
  rip- 
  

   ple 
  flaking 
  and 
  serrated 
  edge, 
  etc., 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  delicate 
  workman- 
  

   ship 
  only 
  comparable 
  with 
  the 
  Neolithic 
  products 
  of 
  Scandinavia, 
  

   may 
  be 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  period 
  immediately 
  preceding 
  the 
  dawn 
  of 
  

   history. 
  

  

  The 
  use 
  of 
  stone 
  implements 
  in 
  Egypt 
  was 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   historic 
  period, 
  but 
  was 
  continued 
  for 
  domestic 
  and 
  ceremonial 
  pur- 
  

   poses 
  into 
  historical 
  times. 
  

  

  The 
  considerable 
  Egyptian 
  collection 
  comes 
  largery 
  from 
  the 
  prov- 
  

   ince 
  of 
  the 
  Fayuin, 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Nile, 
  from 
  the 
  ancient 
  quarry 
  sites 
  

   and 
  workshops 
  in 
  the 
  Wady 
  el-Sheikh, 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Nile, 
  opposite 
  el- 
  

   Fent, 
  Middle 
  Egypt, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Valley 
  of 
  the 
  Kings. 
  The 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  includes 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  rude 
  bladelike 
  implements, 
  trian- 
  

   gular, 
  pyramidal, 
  leaf 
  and 
  lozenge-shaped, 
  some 
  with 
  one 
  edge 
  curved 
  

  

  