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the surface or immediate subsurface. Many of the points were found 

 exposed on the surface after heavy rains. A single exception was a 

 small polished celt found within a pottery vessel to be described later. 



POINTS 



Fourteen points were recovered of which typical examples are 

 illustrated in figure 5, a-f. Most are made crudely of medium 

 yellowish brown jasper, but several are of a rather poor grade of 

 brown to red-brown agate. They consist of a highly irregular flake with a 

 few simple secondary flakes struck off to form a tang, or even a tip. 



Figure 5. — Flaked stone weapon points. 



