COLLECTIONS FROM COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 



FROM FIELDS NEAR NEWPORT. 

 ARTICLES OP STONE. 



62752. Grooved ax, 8 inches in length, 3J in width, and about 1 in thick- 

 ness ; one side is quite flat, the other convex. The material 

 is a handed schistose slate. 



02758. A fine specimen of grooved ax, 7 inches in length, 4 in width, 

 and 1£ in thickness. The groove is wide and shallow, and 

 is bordered by two narrow ridges, which are in sharp relief 

 all the way around. The material appears to be a greenish 

 gray diorite. 



(12759. A grooved ax, 6 inches long, 3£ inches wide, and 1 inch thick. 

 This specimen is similar to the preceding, the groove being 

 deeper on the lateral edges of the implement, and the upper 

 end less prominent. It is made of a finegrained gray sand- 

 stone. 



02753. Fragment of a grooved ax, of gray slate. The groove is shal- 



low and irregular. 



02754. Celt of compact gray sandstone, somewhat chipped at the ends. 



It is GJ inches in length by 2£ in width and U in thickness. 

 One face is flat, the other convex. The sides are nearly par- 

 allel. A transverse section would be sub rectangular. 



02755. Fragment of celt, 3 inches in length by 2 in width and about U 



in thickness. The material is a fine grained sandstone or a 



diorite. 

 62756. A long, slender celt, very carefully finished, 7 inches in leugth, 



2 in width, and less than 1 in thickness. The material is a 



very compact gray slate. It has apparently been recently 



used as a scythe-stone by some harvester. 

 Ol'757. Fragment of a small, narrow celt, both ends of which are lost. 



Material, gray diorite. 

 G2700. Heavy celt of gray diorite, 8 inches in length by 3 in width and 



2A in thickness. 

 02702. A pestle of gray diorite, with enlarged base and tapering top, 



5i inches in length and 3 inches in diameter at the base. 

 02751. A pestle of banded schistose slate, 15 inches in length, and 2i 



inches iu diameter in the middle, tapering symmetrically 



toward the ends, which terminate in rounded points. 

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