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B, Long, narrow, and thin, giving a much flattened elliptical section. 

 These are classed with axes on account of the grooves, although too 

 thin and usually of material too soft to endure violent usage. The 

 edges are nicked, striated, or polished, as though from use as hoes or 

 adzes (figure 32, of argillite, from Bradley county, Tennessee). 



Diatrict. 



Eastern Tennessee 



Keokuk district, Iowa 



Kanawha valley, West Virginia , 



Montgomery county, North Carolina - 



Western North Carolina 



Butler county, Ohio 



G. Grooved on both faces and one side; hack hollowed, usually in a 

 straight line the whole length; front drawn in from the groove to give 



Fig. 33. — Grooved ax, showing 

 grooved back. 



—Grooved ax, showing 



grooved back. 



a narrower edge (figures 33, of porphyry, from Brown county, Ohio, and 

 34, of granite, from Kanawha valley. West Virginia). 



District. 



£ast«m Tennessee 



Kanawlia valley, West Virginia. 



Butler county, Ohio 



Brown county, Ohio 



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