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battered tops indicate snch usage. Tlie few not showing .such marks 

 may have been set into a bumper of wood or horn, or used with wooden 

 mauls. They vary in length from 2.J to 7i inches. They are represented 

 by the specimen shown in figure 47, of argilhte, from Lincoln county, 

 Arkansas; there are also one from a mound in Sumter county, Ala- 

 bama (figure 48), and one from Kanawha valley. West Virginia, both of 

 serpentine and elliptical in section, though the form of the edge puts 

 them ill this class. The following specimens are tyi)ical representa- 

 tions of the class : 



B. Long, narrow, elliptical section, pointed top, curved or straight 

 edges, sides straight or gently curved. None of these seem to have 



-Cult, showiu 



elendei^fonu. 



been put to anj' rough use, as. the edges are quite sharp and the entire 

 surface is well polished; length from 4^ to 12J inches. The type is 

 illustrated by figure 49, of argillit«, from a mound in Monroe county, 

 Tennessee. 



C. Thick, almost round section, round-pointed toji, nearly straight 

 to sharp-curved edge, sides gently curved, widest at edge or just above. 

 Most of these show marks of use as cutting tools or hatcliets. In 



