STEMMED CHIPPED FLINTS. 



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symmetric outline of any specimen in the entire collection. There are 

 other specimens from Kanawha valley, and also from northeastern 

 Kentucky; Miami valley, Ohio; Washington county, Pennsylvania; 

 eastern and western Tennessee; southwestern Illinois; and southeastern 

 Arkansas. 



Q. Similar to group P except that stem and base are straight. They 

 are symmetric and weh finished, vary more in size than those of the 

 last group, being from \\ to 4} mehes long, the others not reaching 

 either of these limits. 



The type (figure 216) comes from Knox county, Ohio, and other 

 specimens from Miami valley and central Ohio; Keokuk, Iowa; north- 

 eastern Kentucky; Kanawha valley ; eastern and western Tennessee; 

 eastern, southeastern, and southwestern Arkansas; eastern and south- 

 western Wisconsin; northwestern Georgia; and southwestern Illinois. 

 R. Edges generally convex, 

 sometimes straight ; base straight 

 or convex, only rarely concave; 

 shoulders usually square, some- 

 times rounded; stem expanding 

 by straight lines. From less than 

 an inch to 3i inches long, mostly 

 about the medium. 



The form, which resembles that 

 shown in figure 216 in a general 

 way, is widely distributed, its 

 range including Keokuk, Iowa; 

 Miami and Scioto valleys, Ohio; 

 Bibb county and Savannah, 

 Georgia, as Avell as the north- 

 Fio. 2i5.-stZ„ed chipped westcm part of the state ; eastern 



flmt, symmetric outline. Teiuiessee; Kauawlia valley,West Virginia ; south- 

 eastern and southwestern Arkansas; southwestern Illinois, and Browu 

 county in the same state; northeastern Kentucky; southern and south- 

 western Wisconsin ; western and central North Carolina; and northeast- 

 ern Alabama. 



S. Differing from group Q in having the blade short, stem long (in 

 some cases longer than blade), and only slight shoulders. Base some- 

 what convex in a few specimens; from an inch to 2^ inches in length. 

 From Kanawha valley; northwestern Georgia; Miami and Scioto val- 

 leys, Ohio; southwestern Arkansas; southern Wisconsin; and north- 

 eastern Alabama. 



Beginning with those of group N and ending with those last de- 

 scribed, all the best worked and most finely finished specimens are 

 from Kanawha valley, West Virginia; northeastern Kentucky, and the 

 central and southern parts of ( )hio. 



T. Convex edges; square shouldei's; slender; very long and slender 

 tapering or straight stem, coming almost to a point at the base. Illus- 



FiQ. 216.— stemmed 

 chipi)ed (liiit. 



