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Full-grooved hammer (1 specimen). This object, of granite, has a pointed 
bit and rounded poll, and bears a neatly executed groove, bordered by 
rounded ridges, which completely encircles the object at about the mid- 
point except for an intentional break at the top. 
Anvils (4 specimens). These fragmentary (7?) objects, of granite or in- 
durated sandstone, have a “working” surface which may have served 
as an “anvil.” 
Pipes (1 complete specimen and 2 fragments; fig. 34, f). The complete 
specimen, of limestone, which is illustrated, is cuboid in form, with a 
neatly drilled stem-hole and two horizontal, deeply incised lines encircling 
the bowl. The top and sides are ground smooth. The pipe fragments 
consist of the mouthpiece (?) of a tubular pipe of steatite, finely polished, 
and the body fragment of a tubular (7?) pipe of catlinite which bears 
striations on the convex surface, resulting from smoothing down the 
specimen. 
BONE AND TOOTH OBJECTS 
Thirty-three objects of bone and teeth recovered from the Hintz 
site include: 
Awls (6 whole or broken specimens; fig. 34, 0, c). Made of splinters, these 
objects vary from neatly worked to roughly pointed specimens. 
Flakers (4 specimens; fig. 34, @). Tough, bluntly pointed and smoothed 
fragments of bone, these specimens would have served well as flakers in 
knapping stone tools. 
Quill flatteners or pottery tools (12 complete or fragmentary specimens ; 
fig. 34, d). These specimens are made of ribs and are nicely worked on 
one or both ends. They have been frequently identified as flatteners for 
porcupine quills. I have recently suggested that an alternative use might 
be as tools for modeling and decorating pottery vessels (Wheeler, 1956). 
Shaft wrench (1 specimen; fig. 34, e). This specimen, broken in the mid- 
dle(?), is made of a rib, has one perforation and a nicely rounded end. 
Scapula hoes (1 complete and 1 broken specimen). The two examples pres- 
ent have intact heads and a perforation in the center of the body, presum- 
ably made for attaching the wooden (?) haft. 
Paint-brushes (3 specimens). These porous specimens, roughly circular in 
form, are made from the head of bison femora. 
Beads (2 fragments). 'These tiny fragments, of bird or small animal bone, 
appear ‘to be sections of small tubular beads. 
Worked teeth (2 specimens). One large and one small canine tooth are 
smoothly worn, as though they had been used. 
Worked bone (1 specimen). One longitudinal section of a long bone is 
smoothed and polished, as though it had served some purpose. 
SHELL OBJECTS 
Four small and three large irregularly shaped pieces of worked 
shell may have been pendants or parts thereof. The large specimens 
are Busycon contrarium from the Gulf of Mexico. One of these pieces 
bears a perforation near an end. 
