FORMS OF CELTS. 



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from Carroll county, Indiana. This class of celts also is widely dis- 

 tributed and diverse in material. 



J. Flat on one side, convex on the other, giving a semi-elliptical sec- 

 tion; sides nearly parallel ; top flat or rounded. These were evidently 



Fig. 58.— Celt, showmg h edge-abape. 



Fig. 59.— Celt, allowing half-elliptical 

 aectiou. 



intended for scrapers; none are at all chipped or battered from use, 

 and with very few exceptions the whole surface is highly polished. The 

 flint and jasper specimens, which have been first chipped into shape, 

 have the facets and edge as smooth as though finished on an emery 



