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MEASUREMENT OF BANNERSTONES (Continued) 



CEREMONIAL OBJECTS OTHER THAN BANNERSTONES 



Ceremonial points. In this class (see Plate XVI, I, J, 

 and K) we have included three isolated points which are so far 

 superior in size amd workmanship to anything of like sort in the 

 lower level, that they belong in a class by themselves. These 

 points were found directly associated with bannerstones or other 

 ceremonial material. Two were of argillite and the third of 

 quartzite, the only specimen of that material in the entire 

 site; At first we were inclined to believe that both they 

 and the bannerstones were importations from some other 

 area of higher culture, but a careful survey of adjoining regions 

 showed that they were unique, and probably a local product. 

 These points, like the bannerstones, represent the high water 

 mark of local workmanship which was spent on offerings, while 

 the everyday tools were roughly made; or they may have 

 been insignia of rank, as has been suggested for the banner- 



