FORMS OF CELTS. 



81 



used as weapons they were probably set into the end of a piece of antler, 

 which, in turn, was set in a club. The tyx)e is shown in figure 61, of 

 argillite, from Monroe county, Tennessee. 



JT. Ground down thin, with a flat-elliptical or nearly rectangular 

 section; sides straight or slightly curved, nearly parallel or tapering 

 considerably to the top, which is either rounded or flattened. All are 

 polished over the entire surface; none show any marks of use as wedges 



Fig. 60. — Celt, showing lialf-ellipticiil st?ction. 



KiG. 61. — Celt, showing concave sides 



or hatchets, and most of them are too delicate for such use. The longer 

 ones can be readily grasped iu the hand, and are as well adapted to 

 stripping off the hide of an animal, dividing the skeleton at the joints, 

 or stripping the flesh from the bones, as anything made of stone can be; 

 while the smaller ones, set in a handle to afford a grip, would answer the 

 same purpose. There are tliree which are sharp at both euds, one hav- 

 ing one symmetrical and one scraper-form edge; one having a scraper- 

 form edge at each end on opposite sides; and one of rather soft argillite, 

 unfinished, which has marks of pecking, chipping, and grinding, show- 

 ing that any of these methods were practiced, as was most convenient. 

 All these are from eastern Tennessee. The features are illustrated in 

 13 ETH 6 



