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the cut, distal ends are rounded and smoothed. Lengths range from 

 110 to 150 mm., with diameters from 20 to 40 mm. Only one of them 

 is smooth and polished (fig. 22, /) . 



Tine-flakers (15 specimens) : 



These tines were cut or broken from the racks of deer, and range 

 in length from 25 to 120 mm. Seven of them consist simply of tips 

 broken from a tine. Thirteen tips have beveled ends or the ends are 

 striated in such a manner that they may have served as a flaking or 

 knapping tool. 



Bracelets (3 specimens) : 



A small piece of incised and pierced plate antler is probably part 

 of a bracelet or some similar ornament (fig. 23, a). Two pieces of 

 long, thin, pierced antler may also be bracelets. They were made 

 from thin strips of the compact outer layer of antler; the ends were 

 perforated by a tapered drill (fig. 23, &) . 



SHELL ARTIFACTS 



Miniature shell'-'' face'''' (1 specimen) : 



This object was made from a thin piece of mollusk shell, and is 

 similar in some respects to large gorgets found in North Dakota 

 mounds (Howard, 1953) and elsewhere; differences seem to be largely 

 a function of the much smaller scale of this object. It is 20 mm. 

 wide and 26 mm. high (fig. 24, c). 



Disk heads (2 specimens) : 



One disk bead is 12 mm, wide and 5 mm. thick, with a conical hole 

 drilled from one side (fig. 24, d) . A roughly circular piece of mollusk 

 shell, 18 mm. wide and 1 mm. thick, may be an unfinished bead. 



Scrapers (23 specimens) : 



Tliese tools are mollusk shells of a size and form that suggest they 

 were used as scrapers, with the lip of the shell acting as the scraping 

 edge. The shell edges are rounded or beveled, some of them having 

 been worn into a straight edge. Five of them were purposefully 

 shaped into triangular forms (fig. 22, d), and three of these are so 

 worn that the hinges are now lacking. 



Two small, roughly triangular pieces of shell, 30X40 mm. and 

 20X32 mm., liave smoothly worn edges (fig. 24, 5), and one shell, 

 retaining the hinge, has a nearly flat scraping edge bearing two shallow 

 serrations (fig. 22, c). 



PERISHABLE REMAINS 



The charred remains of several food plants were in the bell-shaped 

 pits in Houses 3 and 4. The most common of these was corn : kernels. 



