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Twenty-four complete or fragmentary blades are shaped like the 

 miniatm'e splitting adzes except that they are usually smaller in all 

 dimensions (pi. 8, h-p) ; in particular, they are much thinner, being 

 only 0.3 to 0.8 cm. thick. Some may have been hafted like adzes; 

 others probably served as burins or as gouges. They range in propor- 

 tion from slender tools resembling drills, to wide leaf-shaped or 

 triangular pieces of slate and schist. Since most are unfinished 

 except for grinding at the edges near the point or bit, it is difficult 

 to tell whether the irregularities on the edges were intended to hold 

 lashings. Only one specimen (pi. 8, n) has a clearly shaped groove, 

 although seven others were probably attached to handles. Seventeen 

 "burin-chisel" tools of this kind are from Old Town III, six from 

 Old Town II, and one fragment from Old Town II or III. 



Still smaller, are nine thin scraps or splinters of schist or slate, on 

 which the edges near the point have been ground flat to meet at a 

 sharp angle that was apparently used as a burin (pi. 8, e, g). On one 

 specimen (pi. 8,/) the opposite end has been ground on both surfaces 

 to produce a faceted point like that on a sharp knife. These tiny 

 implements are about 5 cm. long and 1 to 2 cm. wide. Two are from 

 Old Town III, two and a fragment from Old Town II, and four 

 fragments from Old Town I. Identification of the broken specimens 

 is very uncertain. 



Four or five implements are shaped like tiny planing adz blades 

 (pi. 7, a-e) and may have been hafted for use as small adzes or as 

 chisels. They are about 6 to 9.5 cm. long, and about 2 cm. wide. 

 Only their smaller size distinguishes them from the little specimens 

 already described under planing adz blades (p. 94). One complete 

 and two broken specimens are from Old Town III, and two from 

 Old Town I. 



In addition, there are five much narrower and thinner tools (pi. 8, 

 a, b), shaped like tiny chisels, which could have been used as knives 

 or even as drill points, since they are about 1 cm. wide and only 0.3 

 to 0.8 cm. thick. Two are from Old Town III, one from Old Town II, 

 one from Old Town I, and one from Old Town II or III. 



One of our informants suggested that some of the implements may 

 have been drills (pi. 8, c, d). This identification would best fit two 

 specimens from Old Town III and one from Old Town II that have 

 oval or rectangular sections, not over 1.3 cm. wide. Two broken and 

 three unfinished specimens, of which one is from Dolgoi Island, three 

 are from Old Town III, and one is from Old Town I, may perhaps be 

 classed here also. 



Of uncertain function are four thin leaf-shaped slate flakes that 

 are ground flat and duU along the edges, although these meet to form 

 a sharp point. They may be unfinished (?) arrowheads, or were 



