CHIPPED FLINTS, WIDE STEMS. 



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Fig. 221.— stemmed chipped 



' Fig. 222. -Stemmed 



tanj;; thin ami well worked; from an inch to 2 J inches long. All from 

 Savannah have concave bases; a few are uotched so as to have slight 

 shoulders, and they are somewhat larger than from other localities. 

 They fit better in this group, however, than in any other. A typical 

 example, shown in figure 220, is 

 from Montgomery county, North 

 Carolina. Others are from central 

 North Carolina; eastern Tennessee; 

 .south western Illinois ; various locali- 

 ties in South Carolina; and about 

 ■j Savannah, Georgia. 



C. Roughly made; unsymmetric- 

 al, seemingly made hastily; of var- 

 ious patterns, including all the com- 

 mon shapes. Nearly all with convex 

 edges, tew straight, none concave, j 

 flint, roughly made "" Base Straight or concave, often the '^'lipped flint 

 natural surface or fracture of the stone. Sometimes made fi-om the 

 tip of a broken larger specimen. From 1 to 5 inches long; slender or 

 wide; usually thick, except when made from a thin flake. Edges 

 uotched just at the base in some, leaving a slight tang; others have 

 the corners chipjied out. This group is quite variable in size and in 

 character of workmanship, as well as in form. The material also is 

 variable. 



The types (figures 221 and 222) are, respectively, from Bledsoe and 

 Polk counties, Tennessee. The 

 range includes eastern Tennessee; 

 Kanawha valley; western North 

 Carolina; eastern and southwest- 

 ern Wisconsin; northeastern Ala- 

 bama and Tuscaloosa valley; 

 South Carolina; southwestern and 

 northeastern Arkansas; central 

 Ohio and Scioto valley; northeast- 

 ern Kentucky; and southwestern 

 Georgia, as well as Savannah. 



I>. Edges convex, rarely straight; 

 base straight or convex; slender; 



Fig. 223.-Stemmed flOm IJ to 4 iuches long; Usually FiQ. 224.-Stemmed chipped 



chipped timt. ^^.^. deeply notched, with edges a-'. «iges couve.. 

 worked close to base, leaving the latter as wide as the blade, or nearly 

 so. This form could be quite firmly attached to a shaft or handle. It 

 is illustrated by figure 223, representing one of the specimens from 

 Kanawha valley. It is found also in southwestern Illinois and Brown 

 county in the same state; eastern, southern, and southwestern Wis- 

 consin; western and central North Carolina; eastern Tennessee; 

 northwestern Georgia; central Ohio and Scioto valley; southeastern 



