96 STONE IMPLEMENTS [etii a.nn.15 



work of iem(>\ iiij;' an oltjectionabln lobe or ])rojectioii was just begun, 

 to tlic stajje where tlie traees of natural contour are all but obliterated. 

 "VVe And also .si)ecimen.s that liave passed into tlie wholly artificial 

 state, into syninietric and perfected tools, as well as others which have 

 been modi lied by use, reshaped, reused, and practically worn out. 

 Similarly we observe various worked stones of tough and har<l varie- 

 ties in which the jiecking has been preceded by flaking. In some 

 cases the wliolc surface has been flaked over, and in other cases i)ro- 

 Jectinj;' i)ortions only have been removed. Examples aie found iu 

 which the battering process has been merely commenced, and others 

 on Mhich the work has gone so far that only the deejjer flaked con- 

 choids are traceable. Of course many wholly artiticial and highly 

 finished articles have passed through this series of operations, preserv- 

 ing no record of their earlier morphology. 



SPECIAL PROCESSES 

 CLASSES OF IMPLEMENTS 



With a people so simple and jjrimitive as those inhabiting the tide- 

 water country, the range of pecked and polished implements and other 

 objects is not great. Two standard forms emi)loyed by them in common 

 with nearly all the native jjeoples of America are the celt or hatchet and 

 the grooved ax. These are too well known to call for presentation except 

 in so far as they may be needed iu explaining the jirocesses of manu- 

 facture or in indicating local peculiarities of shape. Besides thfe two 

 leading forms theie are pestles and mullers, mortars, i)icks, cliisels, 

 pierced tablets, winged ceremonial stones, plummet like forms, beads, 

 and pipes; to these we may add hamnierstones and grinding and polish- 

 ing stones. Few of these objects occur iu large nund)ers, and a very 

 small percentage only of any variety exhibit high elaboration or neat 

 flnish. The artiticial shapes of many of these objects are dm- largely 

 or entirely to the effects of use. Illustrations of several classes of 

 forms are given in the accompanying plates. 



So far as T have been able to learn, no example of the carving of a 

 human figure or animal form has been discovered in this whole province, 

 a circumstance confirming the story of the i)otter's art as well as the 

 records of colonial times, which indicate that although the peoples cul- 

 tivated mai/.e and were an able and enterprising race they were in many 

 respects not far removediu matters of art from the base of the Amer- 

 ican culture scale. 



MATERIALS USED 



The materials employed for shaping by the battering processes must 

 possess a high degree of toughness combined with the hardness neces- 

 sary to effective use when finished. (i)uartzite, (piartz, flint, chert, and 

 various other brittle forms of rock are ill fitted fi)r reduction by ])eck- 

 ing, and were not extensivelj' used for higlily finished tools, (iranites 



