VARIETIES OF CHIPPED FLINTS. 



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The form is snown in ligure 186, representing a specimen from Mississippi 

 county, Arkansas. Otliers are from nortliwestern Georgia, southwest- 

 ern Illinois, and northeastern Arkan- 

 sas. There are a few simihir in method 

 of chipping to those of group /, hut 

 smaller and very narrow, from eastern 

 and western Tennessee and northeast 

 ern Arkansas. 



K. Double-pointed or lenticular in 

 outline; quite symmetrical; from 2 to 

 i inches long; thin and well worked. 

 Represented in northeastern Arkansas ; 

 South Carolina : central and western 

 North Carolina; eastern Tennessee; 

 Hcioto valley, and central Ohio ; Kana- 

 wha valley ; and northwestern Georgia. 

 L. With straight or concave base; 

 edges diverging by straight or slightly 

 convex lines for about half the length 

 from the base, then curving to the 

 point. There is considerable variation 

 in the relative width of these, as well 

 as the amount of concavity at the base. 

 None with this outline of the edges has fli"*- 



a convex base. From 2 to 6 inches long. The form 

 is illustrated by figures 187 (from Lawrence county, Ohio), and 188 (from 

 Blount county, Tennessee). In addition to the speci- 

 mens figured, there is material in the collection from 

 Scioto valley, Ohio; central and western North Caro- 

 lina; Keokuk, Iowa; Brown county, Illinois; eastern 

 Tennessee; northeastern Alabama, and 

 Coosa valley in the same state ; Kanawha 

 valley; South Carolina; southern Wis- 

 consin ; and Savannah, Georgia. 



M. A modification of the last form in 

 which the edge expands just at the 

 base, forming a point at each corner 

 or shoulder. Illustrated in figure 189. 

 The specimen figured is from Forsyth 

 county, Georgia. Others are from north- 

 -Chipped Tjygg^gj.jj (Georgia, and Savannah; east- 

 ern Tennessee; northeastei-n Kentucky; 

 southwestern Wisconsin; and Kanawha valley. 



Fig. 187. —Chipped 



Fig. 186.— Chipped 

 dint, larsre. 



Fig 



flint. 



SMALLER OBJECTS. 



Small triangular or oval arrowpoints, differing from those pre- 

 viously described in being too small for any similar uses, few of them 



