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chips. Originally, the tip must have terminated in a dull point but 

 this was broken off before the object was found. 



The second and smaller of these two objects was fashioned from a 

 naturally flat segment of chert necessitating only the minimum of work 

 to convert, by percussion flaking, into a tool roughly corresponding in 

 outline to the one just described. Its base is rouglily straight across 

 and slants upward but slightly, terminating into two earlike knobs, 

 one of which is more pronomiced than the other. These knobs rest 

 atop two shallow side notches. Sizes of these notches are not uniform. 

 The notch beneath the larger projection is both deeper and wider than 

 its correspondmg partner opposite. The blade is sagital in general 

 outline and terminates in a pointed rounded tip. 



From the side notches on both objects it is easily imagined that 

 tools of this sort were originally hafted ax fashion, the bases being 

 mserted between the split sides of a wooden handle. My only suppo- 

 sition as to their use is that they were either tools of warfare or for 

 use in splitting rods or poles. 



TRIANGULAR POINTS 



This division includes all of the smaller Late Woodland forms 

 rather than the larger triangular forms of the Transitional and Early 

 Woodland Horizons (pi. 50) . In general, all are triangular in outline. 

 Closer examination reveals a number of variations in form. Varia- 

 tions may occur at the basal ends or on the adjoining sides or edges. 

 All types of triangles are included : isosceles, equilateral, or whatever 

 combination of side edges to the base line that can be formulated. 

 Some are gems of chipping, while others are extremely crude, espe- 

 cially whenever faults occur in the original stone that show up during 

 some stage of manufacture. 



Most of the chert forms were made from thin chips or flakes. Only 

 the smallest amount of effort was expended to convert these into the 

 desired shape. This means that only one surface was chipped, while 

 the other was retouched along the edges to give it the desired keenness. 

 Thicker forms, usually of quartz, were first shaped by percussion 

 flaking and later retouched along the edges. 



Side- edge treatment shows the greatest variation in that the sides 

 are either straight (square), concave, convex, or serrated. Generally, 

 whenever concave sides appear the tips of the expanded base are con- 

 verted into definite barbs, and whenever serrations appear they may 

 be either few in nmnber or as many as the sides will hold. 



True symmetry is not always present, so true types are relatively 

 scarce. 



From a study of the small triangular forms, 15 distinct types may be 

 noted, as shown in figure 20. 



