FORMS OP SCRAPERS. 



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The specimen shown in figure 72 (of argillite, from McMinn county, 

 Tennessee) is introduced on account of its undoubted use as a scraper, 

 and because it is much smaller than some of the chipped flints thus 

 classified, the edge being less than an inch wide; the sides are roughly- 

 incurved. 



In Bradley county, Tennessee, there were found over 200 specimens 

 of very small, thin, flat, waterworn sandstone i^eb- 

 bles, which were mostly in their natural condition, ex- 

 cept that they had one side rubbed to a sharp edge. 

 A few, more slender, were ground to a point. Some 

 of them have a handle chipped out 

 on the side opposite the edge, some- 

 . „ , , . times with nicks in it, made for at- 



Fio. (1.— Celt, sbowiug ' 



scraper-form edge. tachmcnt to a handle by means of a 

 cord. Most of these specimens are less than 2 inches 

 in length. No suggestion is offered as to their use. 



A granite implement from Union county, Illinois, with 

 nearly rectangular section, slightly curved sides, 

 rounded corners, and high polish over the entire 

 suilace, h.iviug nearly the same thickness (about an 



inch) at every part, would seem to be a polishing or 

 rubbing stone. There are, however, one from War- 

 ren county, Ohio, and three from Kanawha valley, 

 "West Virginia, of almost exactly the same size and 



Flu, 72. — Seraper. 



FlQ. 73.— Scraper or adze, 

 with projecting ridge. 



Fig. 74. — Adze or scraper. 



pattern, which have had one end ground off to a sharp edge; so the 

 specimen may be only an unfinished celt. One of those from Kanawha 

 valley has had the edge partly broken away, and one face has been 

 pecked considerabvy in an attempt to restore it for use; but the inten- 

 tion was not carried out. Some celts, not of the scraper pattern, which 

 have the edge to one side of the median line, are perhaps broken or 

 blunted specimens redressed on one .side only. 



Figure 73 exhibits a specimen of argillite from Carter county, Ten- 

 nessee, probably an adze or scraper, with a projection to keep the 



