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comparatively short, but if the strata were laid down under 

 water, the time would be immensely extended. 



Among the argillite points found in the lowest level, six 

 types were clearly distinguishable. In every case the entire 

 surface had decayed until it could be easily scratched with 

 the finger nail. The decay in some cases had gone so far as to 

 obscure all marks of the workmanship. Although the ancient 

 workman seemed to have a good sense of form, the technique 

 is poor, the implement having been formed by knocking off a 

 few large flakes. The argillite implement shows no sign of the 

 secondary chipping and finishing characteristic of the modern 

 work. The ordinary type is diamond-shaped, without well- 

 defined barb or stem, and is characterized by a very heavy 

 midriff. The lances are leaf -shaped. The knives have a barb 

 on only one side, but the stem is developed. One type only 

 has the broad face and well-developed barb and stem of the 

 modern type. All of the specimens are much larger than 

 corresponding modern forms. 



1. Lances. The lances are fairly thin, ovoid in form, 

 roughly chipped, but well-shaped as to outline. They resemble 

 in form the Eskimo lance, and must have been used for large 

 game. They do not, however, equal in size the large ceremonial 

 point. In every case they were found in pairs, associated with 

 crumbling fragments of bone. They were enclosed in a matrix 

 of decayed animal matter, which, when split open, revealed the 

 points lying on either side of the bone. The matrix may repre- 

 sent a skin wrapping, which enclosed the complete offering of 

 a small animal and the implements. The bones were so badly 

 broken and decayed as to render the species indistinguishable. 

 These two-point caches were found interspersed among others 

 containing bannerstones, fetiches, etc. In one case a single 

 large ceremonial point appeared to take the place of the cus- 

 tomary two. A single large bannerstone answered the same 

 purpose in one of the bannerstone caches. All the caches were 

 separated by an interval of at least five feet. The dimensions 

 of two typical lances are as follows. (See Plate XVI, A, B.) 



