STEMMED CHIPPED FLINTS. 



153 



, Fm, 



chipped tiint, 

 mona t 

 shape. 



curve. Some slightly barbed, but mostly with ouly a small shoulder. 

 The specimens vary much in size, aud also in delicacy of workmanship. 

 Classed by function the group would probably be divided among- several. 

 The example shown in figure 20S is from Jackson county, Illiuois. 

 Others come from southwestern Illinois; eastern Tennessee; South 

 Carolina; Kanawha valley; northeastern, southeastern, 

 and southwestern Arkansas ; western and central Arkan- 

 sas; and soutliern Wisconsin. 



H. Similar to group G, save that the edges are straight 

 while the stem is somewhat shorter. All the specimens 

 are small. Found in western North Carolina; Kanawha 

 valley, West Virginia; South Carolina; and southeastern 

 Arkansas. 



/. Differing' from group G iu 

 having concave sides; none are 

 barbed, and some have very wide ^ 

 shoulders. Kearly all are large. 

 Two from Savannah have the base 

 straight, all the others being of the common type. 

 The type (fairly exemplified in figure 209) is from 

 Union county, Illinois, and others come from 

 southwestern Illinois; southwestern Arkansas; 

 South Carolina; western North Carolina; Kana- 

 wha valley. West Virginia; eastern Tennessee; 

 and Savannah, (xeorgia. 



J. Lozenge or diamond shape; the four edges 

 straight or nearly so, varying a little toward 

 convexity or concavity. In some tlie base does 

 iu)t come to a point but is rounded or truncated; 

 sometimes, though seldom, there is 

 a slight shoulder. From 1^ to 3^ 

 inches long. A typical example, 

 shown in figure 210, is from Chester 

 county, South Carolina. Addi- 

 tional material is from South Caro- 

 lina; Kanawha valley ; Brown and 

 Ogle counties, Illinois; eastern Tennessee; western North 

 Carolina; Bibb county and Savannah, Georgia; south- 

 eastern and southwestern Arkansas; TTnion county, Mis- 

 sis.sippi; and Coosa valley, Alabama. rtG.2ii._ste,nmeci 



K. Edges usually convex, sometimes nearly straight, ihippwi niui. 

 gradually rounding off into the stem, which maybe straight, tapering, or 

 slightly expanding; base straight or slightly convex. All of these are 

 narrow, mostly thick, and none over two inches long. The type (figure 

 211)is from Bledsoe county, Tennessee; others are from eastern Tennes 

 see; western and central North Carolina; Coosa valley, Alabama; north- 

 western Georgia; eastern, southern, and southwestern Wisconsin; 



Tig. 209.— Chipped 

 lontj, T.i]iering 



