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  to 
  be 
  noted. 
  Stone 
  collars 
  are 
  oval 
  in 
  shape, 
  while 
  Mexican 
  analogues 
  

   are 
  mostly 
  open 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  display 
  unrelated 
  phases 
  of 
  

   symbolic 
  art. 
  Haitian 
  forms 
  are 
  skillfully 
  fashioned 
  and 
  incorporate 
  

   in 
  their 
  larger 
  examples 
  decorative 
  panels 
  of 
  anthropomorphic 
  fig- 
  

   urines 
  similar 
  to 
  rim 
  decorations 
  and 
  handle 
  lugs 
  of 
  earthenware 
  

   vessels. 
  

  

  The 
  more 
  utilitarian 
  objects 
  shaped 
  from 
  stone 
  are 
  less 
  skillfully 
  

   fashioned. 
  Decorative 
  pestle 
  heads 
  are 
  scarcely 
  characteristic 
  of 
  

   the 
  island, 
  although 
  they 
  occur 
  infrequently 
  in 
  anthropometric 
  forms. 
  

   Undecorated 
  pestles 
  are 
  more 
  common 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  undecorated 
  

   oval 
  and 
  oblong 
  triturating 
  stones 
  which 
  were 
  shaped 
  by 
  pecking 
  and 
  

   crumbling. 
  

  

  The 
  stone 
  celt 
  of 
  the 
  almond 
  or 
  petaloid 
  variety 
  occurs 
  as 
  a 
  sym- 
  

   metrically 
  pecked 
  ground 
  and 
  polished 
  celt 
  throughout 
  the 
  entire 
  

   island. 
  Another 
  form 
  of 
  polished 
  greenstone 
  celt 
  with 
  uniform, 
  

   slender, 
  oval 
  section 
  and 
  straight 
  cutting 
  edge 
  has 
  an 
  equally 
  wide 
  

   distribution 
  in 
  Haiti. 
  

  

  Monolithic 
  stone 
  axes 
  are 
  of 
  rare 
  occurrence, 
  although 
  their 
  

   distribution 
  extends 
  throughout 
  the 
  Greater 
  Antilles. 
  They 
  repre- 
  

   sent 
  a 
  translation 
  in 
  stone 
  of 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  hafting 
  employed 
  by 
  the 
  

   island 
  Arawak 
  in 
  mounting 
  their 
  polished 
  petaloid 
  stone 
  celts 
  with 
  

   wooden-handle 
  hafts. 
  The 
  tapered 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  celt 
  was 
  inserted 
  

   through 
  an 
  opening 
  cut 
  through 
  the 
  bulbous 
  basal 
  section 
  of 
  a 
  wooden 
  

   haft. 
  Notching 
  or 
  grooving 
  for 
  attachment 
  of 
  a 
  handle 
  haft 
  occurs 
  

   more 
  rarely 
  in 
  Santo 
  Domingo. 
  A 
  few 
  double-bitted 
  axes 
  having 
  

   notched 
  edges 
  and 
  illustrating 
  this 
  form 
  of 
  hafting 
  were 
  recovered 
  by 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  expedition 
  at 
  Petite 
  Saline 
  near 
  Monte 
  Cristi. 
  The 
  

   grooved 
  ax 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  mainland 
  is 
  foreign 
  to 
  the 
  island 
  

   culture, 
  although 
  the 
  lyre-shape 
  Carib 
  form 
  occurs 
  sporadically 
  in 
  

   Haiti. 
  

  

  Oviedo's 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  hafting 
  of 
  a 
  notched 
  double-bitted 
  

   stone 
  ax 
  is 
  illuminating. 
  The 
  haft 
  was 
  first 
  cut 
  to 
  the 
  required 
  

   length 
  and 
  split 
  from 
  the 
  bulbous 
  end. 
  The 
  thin 
  stone 
  blade 
  was 
  

   then 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  cleft 
  and 
  followed 
  with 
  a 
  tight 
  sewing 
  of 
  liana 
  

   splints 
  encircling 
  the 
  haft 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  blade 
  and 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  split 
  

   from 
  advancing. 
  

  

  Implements 
  of 
  chipped 
  stone 
  are 
  of 
  rare 
  occurrence. 
  Absence 
  of 
  

   suitable 
  varieties 
  of 
  stone, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  bone 
  projectile 
  points, 
  and 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  a 
  grinding 
  and 
  crumbling 
  technic 
  account 
  in 
  part 
  for 
  

   the 
  almost 
  entire 
  lack 
  of 
  stone 
  chipping 
  in 
  the 
  Greater 
  Antilles. 
  

   Surfaces 
  of 
  stone 
  implements 
  were 
  generally 
  finished 
  by 
  grinding, 
  

   flaking 
  being 
  less 
  common, 
  although 
  flaked 
  implements, 
  spalls, 
  and 
  

   cores 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  cave 
  middens 
  of 
  Samana 
  of 
  identical 
  shapes 
  as 
  the 
  

   flaked 
  stone 
  knives 
  and 
  perforators 
  from 
  village 
  sites 
  along 
  the 
  northern 
  

   Dominican 
  coast 
  near 
  Monte 
  Cristi. 
  As 
  mentioned, 
  an 
  occasional 
  

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