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barbless or slightly barbed point with a rounded stem. From 

 its shape it may have been inserted in a hollow reed. In one 

 case a point of this type was found in a cache associated with 

 fossil brachypods painted red. 



Maximum Maximum Maximum 



Length 

 Ref. cm. 



1 7.9 



J 8.2 



K 7 



L 12 



BANNERSTONES 



The site excavated was remarkable for the large number 

 of bannerstones found. The presence of these objects raises 

 an interesting question, for in size, beauty, and finish of work- 

 manship they far surpass those found on the recent village 

 sites of this region, and are absolutely at variance with the 

 crude character of the implements with which they were asso- 

 ciated. At first the authors were inclined to believe that 

 they must have been imported from some adjoining area of 

 higher culture, but a study of specimens from other regions 

 where these peculiar objects occur showed that they did not 

 agree in either form or material. It is a well-known fact that 

 many tribes in a low grade of development have acquired a 

 disproportionate skill in some one direction, usually artistic 

 or technical. As an example we might cite the savage tribes 

 of the Amazon, who have acquired great skill in the making 

 of crystal tubes, while their ordinary artifacts are of the crudest 

 type. The manufacture of bannerstones is not necessarily 

 connected with skill in chipping. The specimens excavated 

 show that they have been formed by pecking and polishing. 

 They required skill in boring and a good sense of proportion. 

 These qualities are often exhibited by peoples whose chipped 

 artifacts are inferior. 



In this particular group the methods of manufacture 



