TEWKEs] CULTURE AREAS IN THE WEST INDIES 109 



but in figure E this furrow, although shallow, is well defined. The 

 sijecimen, plate 30, E, is exceptional in possessing two angular ridges, 

 extending one on each margin of tlie sides, almost half the length of 

 the shaft. Plate 30, F, G, sliow prominent typical earlike appendages 

 to the head, characteristic of the type, but in plate 30, 77, /, these lap- 

 pets are small, separated by a slight shallow notch. These ears, 

 which in the preceding illustration, plate 30, G, are prominent, suf- 

 fer a reduction in size in a specimen not shown, where they appear 

 as lateral projections and low prominences, one on each side of the 

 middle line of the ax. The two margins of this ax are almost paral- 

 lel, the cutting edge being slightly cuiwed. In none of the specimens 

 is there an indication of a groove for iiafting. 



The form of implement shown in jilate 30, /, departs slightly 

 from that of the typical eared ax, the prominent characteristics of 

 which are a broad, square incision on the poll at the middle line, and 

 the recurved ears. 



Plate 31, .4, shows a fine ax with prominent lateral projections 

 from its head, and two rectangular elevations replacing the ears on 

 the heads of specimens already described. Appendages of the same 

 fonn appear in a sijjecimen (pi. 31, F) where the upper notches are 

 represented, when seen in profile, by a waved line. The margins of 

 the body of this ax are planes. 



In the ax shown in plate 31, B, the two projections or ears are 

 confluent, having a perforation or opening between them. The edges 

 of this opening are not beveled but rounded, having been smoothed 

 on their surface, betraying the original lines of formation here 

 suggested. There is visible in this specimen a rectangular ridge 

 situated on the upper rim of each ear or lateral extension similar 

 to those found in other axes of the same type. The margins of the 

 blade in this ax are parallel and somewhat angular, but the sharp- 

 ened edge or the cutting portion is slightly curved. 



The specimens, plate 31, P, D, E. may be called eared axes. The 

 projections from the head of D are here bounded by flat planes and 

 are not curved, and the median depression on the head is rectangular. 



Engraved Axes 



The head of the specimen in plate 32, A, is somewhat broken on one 

 side, and the surface of the body of the blade, l^elow the groove, 

 decorated with incised lines arranged in triangles. Plate 32, 5, bears 

 a number of parallel Indentations on the edges. 



If the ax shown in plate 32, C, be viewed in profile it will be 

 seen to bear, instead of two ears or horns, two grooves for hafting a 

 handle to the implement. 



