Riv. BAS. SuR. 
Pap. No. 30] STUTSMAN FOCUS—WHEELER 189 
Several sherds were taken from the hearth fill, but no ash and charcoal were 
detected in the fill. Perhaps they were swept away by the wind before the 
hearth was sealed off by silt. 
TOOL CACHE 
Two medium-size and four small flakes of semitranslucent, light-brown to 
dark-brown chalcedony were found in a pocket, measuring 0.4 foot in diameter, 
near the center of XU11, at a depth of 0.5 to 0.65 foot below the surface. One 
or two edges of the flakes bear minute use-retouch scars. The presence of the 
six flakes of homogeneous material in a tiny pit (43) suggests that the flakes 
were cached for future use as effective, albeit amorphous, scraping or cutting 
tools. 
BOULDER ANVILS (9) 
A group of five granite boulders exposed in the southwest corner of XU2 
near the perimeter of House 3 (F27), just below the surface (fig. 30), one granite 
boulder uncovered near the center of XUT7, at a depth of 0.35 foot below the 
surface, two fragmentary granite boulders unearthed near the center of XU9, 
at depths of 0.2 to 0.4 foot below the surface, and one granite boulder exposed 
near the center of XU11, at a depth of 0.7 foot below the surface (fig. 27), may 
possibly be identified—like those found in House 3 (F27) and in the adjoining, 
partially excavated house, and in House 4 (I*'384)—as anvils for percussion 
chipping, breaking animal bones for the extraction of marrow (Leechman, 1951, 
pp. 355-356), and other uses. 
Artiract INVENTORY 
A relatively large and varied sample of imperishable artifacts 
was returned from the Hintz site in 1946, 1952, and 1954. The speci- 
mens are enumerated and described below, according to material cate- 
gories—metal, pottery, stone, bone (and teeth), and shell—and by 
functional forms within these categories. 
METAL OBJECTS 
The eight objects of metal recovered from the Hintz site are eco- 
nomically described, together with their provenience within the site, 
in table 2. 
Four of the items of iron (Nos. 1-4) and one item of spring brass 
(No. 6) may be regarded, in view of their appearance and proveni- 
ence, as fragmentary or intact metal knife blades of aboriginal origin, 
i.e., they were fabricated by the aborigines from stock supplied by 
direct or indirect White trade. They are plausible elements of the 
Hintz artifact inventory. On the other hand, the fifth piece of iron, 
crudely shaped and comparatively thick, with a tapered projection 
at one end (No. 5), is not identifiable as to function and, at best, is 
ambiguous as to origin; it may belong to White man’s equipage and 
probably postdates the aboriginal occupation. The two modern am- 
munition parts (Nos. 7 and 8) are clearly anachronistic as far as the 
site inventory goes. 
