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are often called almond celts. The petaloid form occurs in great 

 abundance in Porto Rico, but it is found in all the islands from 

 Trinidad to the Bahamas. 



The size of the petaloid celt varies, some of the specimens being 

 too small for use as implements, while others are very large. The 

 latter may be ceremonial objects; the former mascots or charm stones. 



The mode of uniting the petaloid to its handle is indicated by the 

 several specimens described by Joyce, Mason, and the author. In 

 these specimens the handle and blade are both made of one stone, 

 wliich has suggested the name monolithic petaloid celt. 



Fig. 29. — Broken iiuinolithic celt. (6 Inuhes.) 



Monolithic Petaloid Celts 



There are two monolithic celts (figs. 29, 30) in the Heye collec- 

 tion, from both of which fragments have been broken. There are, 

 however, a few undescribed specimens of tliis form in other museums. 



The specimens of monolithic celts from the mounds of the United 

 States, as those discovered by Mr. C. B. Moore at Moundville and 

 in Jones' Antiquities of the Southern Indians, are particularly in- 

 teresting on account of their variety and Antillean affinities. Those 

 from Central America are also instructive, but as yet no one has 

 compared them to those from the West Indian region. 



One of the most common differences between petaloids is the 

 variation in the relation between length and breadth or thick- 

 ness. Plate 88, .1, shows one of the most unusual modifications in the 

 otherwise regular form of these petaloids. The point in this speci- 



