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have been utilized with both the staff sling and the leather or ribbon 

 sling. Whether it can be assumed that the early hunters of this sec- 

 tion of the East possessed either the staff or the leather sling is cer- 

 tainly provocative. 



Whether these incidents represent the terminal phases of the use 

 of slmgs is not known, for they have received very little mention 

 in the various accounts of the early travelers. 



Slingstones are more or less roughly chipped, are approximately 

 lenticular in cross section, and vary somewhat in thickness, and range 

 from 11/^ to 3 inches in diameter. The contour is more circular or 

 oval, and the faces vary in degree of chipping. 



It is impossible, however, to say with any degree of certainty that 

 such stones were undoubtedly sling stones. They may have served 

 another purpose. Many may be merely cores from which flakes have 

 been struck, reducing both surfaces so that the end product resembles 

 what has been termed "sling stones." Whenever the term is used it 

 must be taken with reserve for the real purpose these stones served is 

 doubtful. 



The slingstones described from the sites on the Roanoke were not in 

 association with any white man's artifacts, hence they would have to 

 be much earlier in time. It is my supposition that these stones were 

 either manufactured during the Archaic or paleo- American times. 



A number of choppers (pi. 31) were formed from rather large flat 

 flakes, being altered only sufficiently along one or more edges by per- 

 cussion flaking to serve this purpose. Most are crudely chipped and 

 show that very little effort was expended to create such objects. 



A large thin section of banded slate had been chipped along one 

 edge into a number of large, teethlike projections. This tool, for want 

 of a better term, has been called a saw, a purpose for which this imple- 

 ment is well qualified. It is ovate in general outline and the basal 

 section may or may not been hafted, since there is a certain amount of 

 reduction in the size of the instrument at this point. In overall 

 measurement, it measures 149 mm. in length, 74 mm. in width, and 10 

 mm. in greatest thickness. 



GriihVmg tools (pi, 32, a\ fig. 16) are of two definite shapes: one is 

 rectangular with rounded corners, while the other is sagittate with a 

 short base for possible hafting. Both forms are rather thin, consider- 

 ing the use for which they were probably put. The same can be said 

 about the chipping technique used — percussion chipping occurs only 

 around the lateral edges, since only natural thin chert sections were 

 chosen because they needed just a little work to bring them into shape. 

 None of these tools showed extensive usage of the blades, as they did 

 not bear any polish from use. 



Two magnitite halls were picked up from the surfaces of sites 

 44Mc66 (pi. 33, &), and 44Mc75 (pi. 33, c). Neither was whole, and 



