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it ie very doubtful wliether it can be stretched far enough to account for even the 

 greater proportion of the facts in question. The other side of the argument is, of 

 course, that resemblance is due to connection, and the truth is made up of tlie two, 

 though in what proportion we do not know.' 



While the .several authors quoted do uot fully agree, and some are 

 even slightly self-contradictory, still, if the statements are to be taken 

 at their face value, it would seem that efforts to make such classifica- 

 tions are mainly a waste of time. 



It may be premised that in every class of implements there are 

 almost as many forms as specimens, if every variation in size or pat- 

 tern is to be considered; and these merge into one another impercepti- 

 bly. Not only is this the case with individual tyjjes, but the classes 

 themselves, totally unlike as their more pronounced forms may be, 

 gradually approach one another until there is found a medium type 

 ■whose place can not be definitely fixed. 



THE ARTS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 

 Districts. 



As space would be needlessly occupied by attempting to name each 

 county, the area from which specimens have been obtained is, for 

 convenience, divided into districts. These divisions are for use in this 

 article only, and are not intended as archeologic districts. 



In the tables given under each heading, the names of counties or 

 districts show where the types described are obtained; the columns 

 following show the number of specimens of each material mentioned 

 in the collection of the Bureau. 



Where a limited area only has been examined in any, division, the 

 name of the county is usually given ; but where specimens of any kind 

 have been obtained from different counties near one another, they are 

 assigned to the district including those counties. The districts are as 

 follows : 



Arkansas. 



Northeastern : Between White and Mississippi rivers. 



Southeastern : Between White and Washita rivers from Clarendon to 



Arkadelphia. 

 Southwestern: West of Washita river and south of Arkadelphia, 



including Bowie and Red River counties, Texas. 

 Central: From Dardanelles southward and eastward to the above 



limits. 



Alabama. 



Northeastern : Bordering Tennessee river east of Decatur. 

 Northwestern : Bordering Tennessee river west of Decatur. 



■Early History of Mankind, p. 203. 



