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axes are nonexistent. The celt appears to be the only type of ax 

 utilized by these aborigines. 



A single, semipolished, biconcave discoidal, with an outside diameter 

 of 10 cm. and a central perforation whose diameter measures 3.5 cm., 

 2.7 cm. thick and weighing 16 ounces, was found. Upon one of the 

 central concave surfaces a "turkey track or turkey foot symbol" is 

 engraved, with the heel of the foot toward the center and the toes 

 pointing outward. The outer rim on this surface is slightly rounded 

 and measures 1.3 cm. in width, while the rim on the opposing surface 

 is flat and averages 0.9 cm. in width. Slight pecking scars are still to 

 be seen, especially upon one of the concave surfaces. This particular 

 "chunkey stone," as such stones are called, was found lying behind the 

 head above the left shoulder of an adult male skeleton. Interment 

 originally placed the body upon its back, knees bent and upward, the 

 left arm bent at the elbow and hand resting upon the abdomen, with 

 the right arm down by its side. The weight of the grave fill shifted 

 both the head and the knees out of their original position so that they 

 rested upon the right side. The chunkey stone is the only one found 

 at this site. In fact, no other specimen was found in any of the other 

 investigated sites in the reservoir area. 



In Bulletin 30 of the Bureau of American Ethnology, "Handbook 

 of American Indians North of Mexico," the following is found regard- 

 ing the game of "Chunkey" : 



CHUNKEY: The name commonly used by the early traders to designate a 

 man's game formerly popular among the Gulf tribes and probably general in 

 the S., E. of the Mississippi. It was played with a stone disk and a pole which 

 had a crook at one end. The disk was rolled ahead, and the object was to slide 

 the pole after it in such a way that the disk would rest in the curve of the crook 

 when both came to a stop. It was usually played in the larger towns upon a 

 piece of ground regularly prepared for the purpose, called by the traders the 

 "chunkey yard" or "chunk yard," adjoining the town square, or central plaza, 

 in which the most important public ceremonies were performed. In the W. a 

 somewhat similar game was played with a netted wheel and a pair of throwing 

 sticks. The name appears to come from the Catawba or some other language of 

 Carolina, where Lawson, in 1701, mentions it under the name chcnco. [Mooney, 

 1912, p. 298.] 



Guf stones or '•'■anvil stones'''' are present. Usually these are flat slabs 

 of sandstone or some other gritty stone which have one or more pits 

 pecked on one or both sides of the stone. These pits are usually uni- 

 form in size and shape but may vary somewhat as to depth. Such 

 stones have been called "nut stones" or "nutting stones," presumably 

 indicating that a nut or nuts were placed in the depressions and 

 cracked by a blow from another stone ; thus allowing the meat to fall 

 nearby and not scatter. No known use can be safely ascribed to these 

 stones. 



In a number of cases they have been termed "paint mortars," for a 

 stain was found in some of the depressions. Wliether such stones were 



