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tioTi of a pointed end. The celt forms roiiglied-out by flaking were 

 specialized by peeking processes and completed by grinding and pol- 

 ishing, the rejectage being unimportant, as the i)rocesses were not so 

 violent as to lead to freqnent breakage. 



Iiicisiuii processes — Softer varieties of stone were shaped by cut- 

 ting. The rock, chieiSy soapstone, was extensively quarried from mas- 

 sive deposits in the highland and worked into vessels, pipes, and a few 

 less imi)ortant varieties of objects. As with the other groups, the 

 articles made were only roughed-out in the quarries, specializing and 

 finishing being conducted mainly on sites of use. The implements 

 emi)l(>yed iu this work form a distinct class. Many of the quarry 

 forms are rude sledges and picks, while the cutting tool i>roper is a 

 chisel or pick — according to the manner of hafting — made of hard, 

 tough stone and shaped usually by flaking, pecking, and grinding. 

 Sites of manufacture for these tools have not been observed, and are 

 probably scattered and unimportant. 



Distribution of implements — Distribution is found to present a num- 

 ber of points of interest, most of which pertain to the relation of the 

 implements as found to the sources of the raw material. Kejectage of 

 manufacture is little subject to transportation, though raw material in 

 convenient form may have traveled a long way. The smaller imple- 

 ments found their way to very distant parts, while the larger and 

 especially the ruder forms remained on or near the sites of original 

 use. Distribution from the great quarries was doubtless in large num- 

 bers, aiul trade as well as use may have assisted in the dissemination. 

 The general distriliution over the country was brought about by many 

 minor agencies connected with use. Each jirovince, each district, and 

 site, here and elsewhere, is supplied with art remains brought together 

 by the various agencies of environment — topographic, geologic, biologic, 

 and ethuic — and the action of these agencies is to a large extent sus- 

 ceptible of analysis, and this analysis, properly conducted, constitutes 

 a very large part of the science of prehistoric archeology. 



