iiouues] STONE IMPLEMENTS FROM TENNESSEE. 453 



ANIMAL 8UBSTANCE8. 



0280 1. Fragments of deer-horn found near the surface of the mound. 



02858. An implement of unusual form, made from a flat piece of bone, 



found with the skeletons in the mound. 



02859, 02800. Bone implements, needles and perforators, some of which 



are well preserved and retain the original polish ; others are 

 in a very advanced stage of decay. 

 Three boxes of human bones (not numbered). 



FROM THE FIELDS AT SEVIERVILLE. 

 ARTICLES OF STONE. 



02770. A small grooved ax, iormed of a coarse textured stone, resem- 



bling diorite, It is U inches in length and 24 in width. 

 The head is rounded and the cutting edge much battered. 

 The groove is wide and shallow, and the bordering ridges 

 prominent. The blade thins out quite abruptly. Presented 

 by J. B. Emert. 

 02772. A celt Of inches long, 2 \ inches wide, and 1 inch thick. The ma- 

 terial is a compact, blue-gray, banded slate. The sides are 

 straight and a transverse section is somewhat rectangular. 

 Both edges are sharpened, and are very neatly beveled and 

 polished. Presented by W. P. Mitchell. 



02771. A small celt of compact greenish slate; one face is flat, the other 



convex. It is neatly made and perfectly preserved, the 

 broader end being oblique and sharp. It is 3£ inches in length. 

 02777. A rude, much-battered celt of coarse sandstone or diorite. It is 

 4 inches in length by 2 in width near the cutting edge. The 

 top is somewhat conical. 



02774. A large uu symmetrical celt made of coarse yellowish sandstone; 



one side is much battered. The cutting edge is round and 

 dull. It is 9 inches in length by 5 in width near the broad 

 end and is 14_ inches thick. 

 02785. A kuife-blade-sbaped object, apparently a fragment of a winged 

 ceremonial stone. The whole surface is smooth and shows 

 no evidence of use. It is made of fine-grained gray slate. 

 It is 2 inches in length by five-eighths in width. 



02775. A bell-shaped pestle made of yellowish gray quartzite. The 



surface has been evenly roughened by picking, but has be- 

 come slightly polished on parts most exposed when in use. 

 The base part is subrectangnlar in section, and the bottom 

 is slightly but evenly convex. The upper part, which has 

 been shaped for convenient grasping by the hand, is evenly 



