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of the style known as the "Harahey knife." Typically, these Harahey 

 knives are lozenge shaped, with alternate beveling on the upper right 

 and lower left edges, as one views the object from either face (pi. 52, s) . 

 Such artifacts are frequently found at Aksarben sites, but are by no 

 means limited to those sites. 



One of the pyriform blade fragments is of white chert, five are of 

 tan chert, two are of pink chert, two are of gray-green chert, and eight 

 are of gray Flint Hills chert (pi. 52 a?, y). Four fragments, appar- 

 ently representing the bases of blades, are of a reddish-gray jasper, 

 while another is of banded tan chert. The four Harahey knife frag- 

 ments are of tan chert. 



Drill. — One slender, chipped piece apparently represents a section of 

 a drill stem. It is lozenge shaped in cross section, with a width of 

 10 mm. and a maximum thickness of 7 mm. 



Shaft scrapers. — Five artifacts, each distinguished by a semilunar 

 notch on one edge, have been referred to as shaft scrapers. Three of 

 these have small, deep notches, and would have been ideal for shaping 

 arrowshafts with a diameter of 7 or 8 mm. (pi. 52, a') . Two others, 

 with shallower notches, may have served as bowshaft scrapers. Both 

 deep- and shallow-notched specimens are small, ranging in length 

 from 25 to 40 mm. Three are made of light-gray chert, one is of tan 

 chert, and one is of gray Flint Hills chert that has white inclusions. 



End scrapers. — ^A total of 45 end scrapers were recovered, 27 of 

 which are complete and 18 of which are recognizable fragments. 

 The complete specimens range in length from 30 to 72 mm., in maxi- 

 mum width from 20 to 36 mm., and in maximum thickness from 7 to 

 13 mm. Light gray, tan, and gray Flint Hills cherts are the usual 

 materials (pi. 52, Vr^w). 



Flake scrapers. — Ninety-one flakes with one or more edges bearing 

 secondary chipping were recovered. These vary greatly in size and 

 shape. The materials are tan, white, and gray Flint Hills cherts. 



Choppers. — Two choppers, both of gray Flint Hills chert, were 

 recovered. They are ovoid in outline, and show percussion flaking 

 on both faces. They measure 92 and 90 mm. in length, 69 and 68 mm. 

 in maximum width, and 17 and 22 mm. in maximum thickness, re- 

 spectively. These tools are so alike in material and workmanship that 

 it seems very likely that they were made by the same person. 



Miscellaneous toorJced fragments. — Five small fragments which 

 cannot be assigned to any particular category were recovered. These 

 may be portions of projectile points, knives, blades, or scrapers. All 

 show some evidence of secondary chipping. Materials are tan, brown, 

 white, and gray Flint Hills cherts. 



Gores. — Four cores were recovered. These are the irregularly 

 shaped pieces remaining after numerous flakes have been removed 



