HOLMES] RUDE FLAKED IMPLEMENTS 93 



lias given them the appearance of pecked, abraded, or jwlished forms. 

 In a, phite liv, we have a hammer or sledge — a flattish bowhler notched 

 on the sides for liafting. The flat face is shown at the left and the 

 profile at the right. The smaller objects of this class may have been 

 used for sinkers and tlie larger possibly for anchors, for sledges, or 

 even for weapons of war and the chase, and, properly hafted, would 

 have been as highly eflective as the more elaborately finished articles. 

 The lower figure in this plate is an oblong bowlder that was jirobably 

 hafted as a sledge, and the ends have been fractured by use. Exam- 

 ples of this class sometimes show traces of wear by the haft. 



The foregoing varieties of rudely flaked stones are those most char- 

 acteristic of the inhabited sites, including fishing grounds, shell heaps, 

 and village-sites generally, in the Potomac and Cliesai)eake valleys. 



