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4. Same outline but thicker; one face flat, the other convex. Rep- 

 resented by figure 134 (shale, from Jackson county, Illinois). The dis- 

 tribution of the form is as follows: 



5. Same outline, but quite thick, approaching the " boat shape" 

 stones ill form. In some the flat side is slightly hollowed out. A 



majority of them are not perforated. The type 

 (figure 135) is of sandstone, from a mound at 

 Adelphi, Ohio. 



There are also, from Butler county, Ohio, 

 Kanawha valley, West Virginia, and Savan- 

 nah, Georgia, one each of slate; from Ross 

 county, Ohio, two, and from Kanawha valley, 

 and Cocke county, Tennessee, one each, all of 

 sandstone. There are two (of sandstone and 

 slate) from Kanawha valley, which difl'er from 

 the others in having the sides jiarallei, giving 

 them a semicylindrical form. 



The pattern of the specimen illustrated in 

 figure 13() (striped slate, from Butler county, 

 Ohio, of which a number have been found in 

 thatstate), may beclassed between the gorgets 

 and the boat- shape stones. The shorter end 

 of the object has, sometimes, a projection or 

 enlargement at the top, appai ently for suspen- 

 sion, although no perforated examples have 

 been found. 



Banner Stones. 



Under the head of "banner stones" are 

 placed ornaments having the ends at right 

 angles to the perforation. The hole is drilled 

 Fig. 134— Gorget. Jn ■^ midrib, from which the faces slope by 



either straight or curved lines to the edges. The two halves of the 

 stone are symmetrical. In most specimens one face is flatter than the 

 other, even plane in some cases. Some specimens are finished to a high 



