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STONE ART. 



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Kanawha valley, West Virginia ; Sontli Carolina; Brown county, Illinois; 

 and northeastern and southeastern Arkansas. 



L. Edges convex, a very few being straight; shoulders 

 square or somewhat rounded, in two or three somewhat 

 expanding. Stem usually straight, sometimes tapering; 

 base straight or convex. Varying much in size and rela- 

 tive width, being from 1 J to 4i inches long, and from 

 3 to 2 J inches wide; some slender, others broad. Nearly 

 all are quite roughly made. Illustrated in tigure 212 

 (from Cherokee county, Georgia). 



Like many other forms of small chipped 

 implements, the distribution in this type is 

 wide. Itcomes from northwestern Georgia 

 and about Savannah; Kanawha valley, 

 '"chipp^d'mn't"'" West Virginia; Miami valley, Ohio; south- 

 western Illinois; western and central North Carolina; 

 eastern Tennessee; northeastern Alabama and Coosa | 

 valley in the same state; and southwestern Arkansas. 



M. Convex edges; sharp points; very slight shoulders 

 stem tapering by curved lines; base convex or somewhat 

 pointed. All made of quartz, quartzite, or coarse flint, 

 and differing from the following group only in being ver; 

 slender and, owing to the material employed, much mor( 

 roughly finished. Found in western North Carolina, in 

 South Carolina, and in southwestern Arkansas. 



N. Convex edges; remarkably symmetrical outline; 

 most specimens finely finished; slight shoulders; taper- no. 213. -stemmed 

 ing stem, with convex base, the whole stem having ^ "'"'''"''* '^""' '"■'"'*• 

 quite regularly curved outline. From 2 to 4^ inches 

 '"" -"**'^ long. 



The tj-pe which is shown in figure 213 is from 

 Dane county, Wisconsin. This group also is widely 

 distributed, being found in southern and south- 

 western Wisconsin ; northeastern Kentucky ; south- 

 western Illinois; Miami and Scioto valleys, Ohio, 

 and the central part of the same state; north- 

 eastern, central, and southeastern Arkansas; 

 western North Carolina; and Kanawha valley. 



0. Differing ft-om group N only in having longer 

 stems and shorter blades, the latter sometimes less 

 than an inch. Illustrated in figure 214 (from 

 Fia. 2i4.-st^med cbipped Kauawha valley). Found also in Scioto valley and 

 flint, short bi.ide. jy central Ohio ; southwestern Wisconsin; south- 

 western Arkansas; and southwestern Georgia. 



P. Convex edges; square shoulders; stem forming a quite regular 

 and continuous curve, slightly expanding in some specimens. The one 

 shown in figure 215, from Kanawha valley. West Virginia, has the most 



