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above the top of the object, the suspeudiug cord being passed through 



the loop thus formed. 



The principal division is into group A with one hole 

 and group B with two holes, though in many cases this 

 forms the only difference between two specimens. 



A. General outline rectangular, or perhaps slightly 

 elliptical, sometimes with one end somewhat narrower 

 than the other, or with one end rounded off, or with the 

 corners slightly rounded. Perforation commonly near 

 one end. The form is represented by the specimen 

 ' with two perforations illustrated in figure 133, which 

 otherwise fully answers the description. The argillite 

 specimens have the broader ends striated as though 



used for rubbing or scraping, but in other respects conform to those of 



other materials. The materials are generally the softer rocks, as shown 



in the accompanying table : 



FlQ. 130.— Gorget. 



District. 



Eastern Tennessee 



Wilkes rounty , North Carolina . . . 



Knox county. Ohio 



Kanawha valley, West Virginia . 



A related type is rectangular or with incurved sides (forming either 

 a regular or brolien curve) and rounded ends, and differs in having the 

 perforation near the center. The same pattern sometimes has two holes. 

 It is illustrated in figure 130 (striped slate, from a mound in Kanawha 

 valley. West Virginia). There are also from the same place one each 

 of slate, cannel coal, and clay slate, and from eastern Tennessee one 

 each of slate, shale, and clay slate. 



There are a number of small pebbles, 

 thin and flat, with a hole drilled near 

 the edge, fi'om southeastern Tennes- 

 see, North Carolina, and southeastern] 

 Arkansas. One of these, from Cald- 

 well county. North Carolina, is of ' 

 banded slate ; the others are of clay 



slate or sandstone. Twoof them have fiq. isi.— Gorget O). 



straight and zigzag lines on both faces, and notches around the edge. 



Allied to these are a number of pieces of flat stone from southeastern 

 Tennessee, Kanawha valley, and North Carolina, with the faces par- 

 tially rubbed down smooth, the edges being untouched. They are of 

 slate, talc, or argillite. 



From southeastern Tennessee and North Carolina there are several 

 pieces of steatite, which may have been for sinkers. Some have a hole 



