110 



STONE ART. 



[ETH. ANN. 13 



A celt of aigillite, highly polished, from Loudon couuty, Tennessee, 

 of the pattern shown in figure 04, has a neatly 

 drilled cylindrical hole about a third of the 

 way from the toi>; but such cases are unusual. 

 The spuds may be divided into three general 

 classes, as follows: 



A. Blade circular in outline, including 180 

 degrees or more, or semielliptical with either 

 axis transverse ; sides of stem straight or 

 slightly curved, parallel or slightly tapering 

 to top, which is either straight or slightly 

 rounded; shoulder nearly at light angles to 

 stem, with sharp or rounded cornets or some- 

 times barbed; stem and blade not differing 

 greatly in length. The type of the class, 

 presented in figure 109, is of clay slate, from 



a mound in Monroe county, Tennessee. The other six specimens in the 



collection were distributed as shown in the table. 



V\c.. lO'i.— S]iml. 



B. Lower ])art of the blade a half circle or less ; top square or slightly 

 rounded; stem rapidly widening, with increasing curve to the blade, 

 making an angle with it; stem and blade 

 nearly the same length. A specimen of 

 green slate, from Mississippi county, Ar- 

 kansas, is illustrated in figure 110. An- 

 other, of comjiact quartzite, conies from 

 Loudon county, Tennessee. 



C. Handle or stem round; very much 

 longer than the blaile, which is semicircular 

 or semielliptical, with square or barbed 

 shoulders. Illustrated in figure 111 (prob- 

 ably of chloiitic slate, from Prairie couuty, 

 Arkansas). 



Plummets. 



The specimens known as plummets vary -.^. 



considerably in form, size, and degree of p^g n» -^,l^.l. 



finish, indicating diversity of purpose, and different writers have 

 assigned to them various uses. 



