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of unusual and very distinctive types; they are of crescent, quadri- 
lateral, triangular, and other forms, drawings of some of which are 
here figured. 
SmaLL Furr Imprements (actwal size). 
(From MM. Siret’s work.) 
Fic. 1.—VERY FINELY-WORKED SPIKELET FLAKE, 
» 2, 8, 4, 5, 6.—QUADRILATERAL Forms wHich MM. SIrRET sUGGEST MAY BE 
Arrow Points. 
5, 7.—INSTRUMENT WORKED TO A FINE POINT. 
» 8, 9, 10.—CRESCENT-SHAPED IMPLEMENTS. 
», 11.—TRIANGULAR-SHAPED IMPLEMENTS. 
», 12.—INSTRUMENT WITH CHIPPED DEPRESSION, OR SMALL SPOKESHAVE. 
», 18, 14.—FINELY-POINTED INSTRUMENTS WITH CHIPPED DEPRESSIONS. 
I have referred to these peculiar types of implements in 
a paper, read at the Anthropological Institute last year,* in which 
I showed that it appears probable these diminutive implements 
indicate the occurrence of a particular industry, or custom 
of some kind, for which they were made towards the close 
of the Neolithic age. It will be noticed that these diminutive 
* “On some highly specialised Forms of Stone Implements found in Asia, 
North Africa, and Europe.” Jour. Anthrop. Inst., Nov. 1888. MM. Siret’s 
work did not come before me until after I had written it.—J. A. Brown. 
