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Artifacts of stone were not numerous at any of the sites. The 
majority were collected from the surface. At least five of the test 
squares at the Warne site were dug in areas where a small, restricted 
concentration of cultural detritus appeared after a rain. Subse- 
quently, these features were found to be associated with cache pits. 
They were probably the top sections of caches whose fill had been 
scattered by plowing; hence, some of the artifacts scattered on the 
surface were associated with structures and material exposed in situ 
beneath the surface. The majority of the stone tools were made of 
jasper, chert, and chalcedony, but specimens of granite, quartz, sand- 
stone, Niobrara Chalk, and catlinite are also represented. 
Projectile points recovered from the sites in 1956 fall into six 
groups. Half of the points, 23 of the total 46, are from the Warne 
site. It should be noted, however, that only 28 of the specimens are 
complete enough to warrant placement in any one of the groups. 
The types include triangular points with slightly concave or convex 
sides, straight or slightly concave or convex bases, with or without side 
notches. 
Tools classified as scrapers comprise the largest single group of 
stone artifacts. The largest sample, 409 out of 553, was collected 
from the Warne site. They fall into four general types: Irregularly 
shaped flakes displaying secondary chipping and a semicircular notch 
along one portion of the edge, keeled end scrapers, end scrapers with 
the keel removed, and flakes converted to use by the removal of a few 
chips along the edges. Group 4 from the Warne site appears to be 
rather distinctive in that the specimens have been flaked along two 
edges, but the edges have been worked from opposite faces. 
A total of 93 pieces were classified as knives. The majority are 
irregularly shaped fragments with bifacial percussion-flaking. Two 
“Harahey” type blades, Group 2, were found at the Warne site. 
Twenty-seven fragments display beveling on alternate edges. One 
triangular-shaped knife with straight sides and a straight base was 
recovered from the White Rock site. 
Implements of ground or polished stone were relatively rare. 
Sandstone arrowshaft smoothers with a groove extending down the 
long axis were found at the Warne and White Rock sites. Repre- 
sented at all the sites were less definitely shaped specimens of sand- 
stone, designated sharpening stones, generally with one or more ran- 
clom grooves on the faces. Only four mealing stones were recovered, 
three from the Intermill site and the fourth from the Warne site. 
They are large fragments of quartz and limestone with smoothed, 
slightly concave faces and rough and irregular sides. 
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