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TWO SITMMKRS' WORK IN PUEBLO RUINS [eth. ann. 22 



Stone Implements 



In the typo "pounding stones" are included stone implements, ordi- 

 narily of sinall and medium sizes, showing marks of battering at one 

 or both ends. Apparently they were not attached to a handle, and 

 the indication is that they were simply held in the hand when in use. 

 With these pounders various substances were bruised, pigments 

 were ground, hide was made more pliable, and similar processes 



were effected. Any 

 rounded stone conven- 

 ient to handle appears 

 to have been taken for 

 this purpose. At Ilomo- 

 lobi thirteen stone ob- 

 jects were found which 

 were doubtless used as 

 pounding implements, 

 at Chaves pass four, and 

 at Chevlon two. 



Stone axes were even 

 more common. At IIo- 

 molobi twenty-four specimens were found, at Chevlon two. 



Several weapons made of a black stone, one of which is shown in 

 figure 65, were collected at Homolobi. These were evidently either 

 celts or spearheads, for there was no sign of hafting or of polishing, 

 and marks of fracture were apparent. 



The specimen represented in figure 60 is of white stone, possibly 

 aragonite; it was the only weapon of this material which was found. 

 Tlie shape is regular and 1he surface smooth, and there is a groove for 

 a handle. It has four grooves cut on one edge and incised crosses, 



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Stone implement from Homolobi (number 157895). 

 Length about 6J inches. 



Pig lid Stone as from Homolobi (number 157034) Length about 7 mohes. 



two in number, one of which is shown in the cut. No indication of a 

 handle accompanied this implement, M'hich leads the author to sup- 

 pose that that part was of wood, which had long ago decayed. 



There were several stone implements with a cutting edge on one 

 side which were probably used as knives. These are sometimes 

 curved, Init generally straight. The best stone knives are two from 

 the Chevlon ruin. 



