NO. lO SECOND KKI'ORT ON KOLSOM COM I'l.KX — ROBERTS 2$ 



analysis it should be rci,^'irdc(l as an aberrant form of end scraper 

 or " snub-nosed " scraper. 



One type of scra])er — the turtieback " — found durint,^ the i«^^^4 

 excavations is not represented in the collection obtained in 19,^5. The 

 failure to obtain additional exanii)les indicates that it must have Ixcn 

 a very minor form. 



No sug^'esti(jns as to ]K)Ssil)le uses for the various types of scrapers 

 have been made in foregoing paragraphs. There is no definite knowl- 

 edge on the subject, but to judge from the later Indians, such tools 

 must have been absolutely essential in the domestic life of their 

 makers. That they constituted an important ]xirt of the implement 

 group is show^n by the fact that almost a third of the sjKximens belong 

 in this category. They no doubt functioned in the dressing of skins, 

 the remo\ing of llesh from l)ones, for cutting bones, and for the 



-Xoduk- scraper, (.\ctiial size.) 



snujothing of s])ear and arrow shafts. The " snub-nosed '' scrapers 

 would be particularly well adapted to the scrajMug of marrow from 

 split long bones. The convex scrapers, such as figure 3, b, are just 

 the type of tool needed in the sha])ing of wooden shafts. 



ORAVERS AND C 1 1 ISEI.-(;R AVERS 



The tools in these two gnnips are similar in many respects (pi. (j). 

 Although they are definitely related and the terms used to designate 

 them overla]) to some extent, there is a distinction between the s])eci- 

 mens in these groups. The gravers constitute 5.6 percent of the col- 

 lection. They are of particular interest because they suggest that 

 the makers of the Folsom points were also adept at some form of the 

 engraver's art. As yet there is only meager evidence of the character 

 of this type of delineation, but the 1935 investigations established 

 the fact that markings were made on bone and soft stone. Fragments 

 from two objects of i)olished bone, burned in a fire, exhibit finely cut 

 lines which appear to have been comjjonents of some kind of decora- 

 tion. A bone disk with a series of short grcjoves bordering the edges 



Roberts, 1935, p. 24. 



