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Figure 16. — Wooden objects. Drawn by Donald F. McGeein. a, Fragment of barbed 

 spear, from just above floor of Storage House, Old Town II (No. 127); b, fragment of toy- 

 bow (.?), from floor of House 9, Old Town III (No. 657); c, decorated slab, from Mound B, 

 upper levels. Old Town III (No. 600); d, rod scarfed at both ends (for spreading fish ?), 

 from floor of Storage House, Old Town II (No. 417). 



point. Two specimens, including the smallest, were identified by 

 informants as detachable arrowheads for bears or mountain goats. 

 One blade, associated with basketry fragments in the Storage House, 

 may have been for an arrow or for a knife (fig. 14, a). The 

 proveniences of these slate points are: 1 from Old Town III, 2 from 

 Old Town II, 4 from Old Town I, and 1 from unknown level. 



These rather crude specimens remind us of the small leaf-shaped 



