144 EXPLORATION OF BURTON MOUND [BLH, ANN, 44 
wide, 2 mm. thick. The outside edge is ground off and the hole, which was 
bored, is 8.5 mm. diameter. 
Tip fragment of red abalone fishhook, somewhat disintegrated; 28 mm. long, 
9 mm. wide, 3 mm. thick. 
Central fragment of black abalone fishhook, 14 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, 2 mm. 
thick. 
Central fragment of black abalone fishhook, 13.5 mm. long, 7 mm. wide, 3 mm. 
thick. Elbow can be distinguished. 
Central fragment of black abalone fishhook, 13.5 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, 2.5 
mm. thick. 
Butt fragment of black abalone fishhook, 35.5 mm. long, 7 mm. wide, 1.5 mm. 
thick. The butt end is intact and the outer edge has no grooves. The inner 
edge is squared, the outer edge rounded. The elbow is fairly sharp. 
Tip fragment of black abalone fishhook, dark slate gray color. Ventral 
surface is quite concave. 27 mm. long, 9.5 mm. wide, 3 mm. thick. The speci- 
men is broken off just at the elbow. 
Tip fragment of black abalone fishhook, 17 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, 2 mm. 
thick. 
Central fragment of bone fishhook, 21 mm. long, 8.25 mm. wide, 6 mm. thick. 
The inner edge is neatly squared off, the outer edge rounded. 
Central fragment of black abalone fishhook, 17 mm. long, 7 mm. wide, 3 mm. 
thick. 
Butt fragment of black abalone fishhook, 28 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, 2.25 thick. 
The shank is 9 mm. long and its butt is broken off somewhat. <A groove extends 
around the shank. The inner edge is squared. 
Central fragment of black abalone fishhook, 12 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide, 
2 mm. thick. 
Butt fragment of black abalone fishhook, 25 mm. long, 5 mm wide, 2.75 mm. 
thick. There is a single notch less than 1 mm. deep, having a center 5 mm. 
from the butt end. 
3utt fragment of red abalone fishhook, 28 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, 5 mm. thick. 
The shank is 138 mm. long and a considerable part of its extremity is broken 
off. The groove is only on the obyerse side, there being no trace of a groove on 
the reverse surface of the shank. The specimen is flesh colored but has been 
identified as coming from the red abalone. 
Central fragment of black abalone fishhook. 24 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, 3 mm. 
thick. 
Butt fragment of black abalone fishhook, 31 mm. long, 7.5 mm. wide, 3.5 mm. 
thick. The inner edge is squared, the outer edge quite sharp. A notch 1 mm. 
deep begins 1.5 mm. from the butt end and extends along the outer edge about 
4mm. The extreme butt end appears to have been broken off a little. 
Central fragment of black abalone fishhook. The edges are more or less 
beveled and rounded, and the elbow is distinguishable. 20.5 mm. long, 5.5 mm. 
wide, 2.5 mm. thick. 
Tip fragment of black abalone fishhook, 22.5 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, 2 mm. 
thick. 
Central fragment of black abalone fishhook, evidently an unfinished hook or 
one unusually wide for the size of the boring. Obverse ventral. 21 mm. long, 
9 mm. wide, 2.5 mm. thick. 
Central fragment of black abalone fishhook, 30 mm. long, 8 mm, wide, 3 mm. 
thick. 
Central fragment of black abalone fishhook, 19 mm. long, 7.5 wide, 2 mm. 
thick. From near the tip of the hook. 
