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STONE ART. 



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Fio 225. —Stemmed chipped 

 fijDt. with Ion" oarba 



Arkansas; nortbeasterii Kentucky; and Coosa and Tuscaloosa valleys, 

 Alabama. 



E. Edges convex; base straight or convex; 

 shoulders square or rounded ; stem expanding by 

 ciuved lines. A few are small enough for arrows, 

 but most of them are large or of medium size. 

 The specimen from Vernon county, Wisconsin, 

 illustrated in figure 22-t, is representative. The 

 group IS characteristic of southwestern Wiscon- 

 sin; Kanawlia valley; central Ohio and Scioto 

 valley ; western and central North Carolina; east- 

 ern Tennessee; southeastern and southwestern 

 Arkansas; southwestern Illinois; South Carolina; 

 Coosa valley, Alabama; and Savannah, Georgia. 



F. Edges straight or convex ; long barbs, some- 

 times reaching to the base; stem straight or 

 slightly tapering; base straight, or very slightly 



convexor concave, usually well finished. One barb is sometimes longer 

 than the other, or the stem may be to one side of the center line. Some- 

 times made of a flake, the flat side being left untouched. 



The type shown in figure 225 is from Madi- 

 son county, Alabama. It is found generally 

 in northeastern and northwestern Alabama, 

 and also in eastern Tennessee; Kanawha '• 

 valley; Keokuk, Iowa; Holt county, Mis- 

 souri; southwestern Illinois and Brown 

 county in the same state; northwestern 

 Georgia and about Savannah; southeastern 

 ami southwestern Arkansas; northeastern 

 Kentucky, and western and central North 

 Carolina. 



G. Similar to the last, but with stem 

 expanding by straight or curved lines; base 

 always straight in larger specimens, some- 

 times convex or concave in smaller ones. 

 Barbs varying in lengtli, short in some and 

 reaching nearly to the base in others. From 

 three-fourths to 3^ inches in length, and 

 varying much in widtii. 



Fig. 226.— Stemmed chipped flint. 



Figure 226 represents a typical example from Jackson county, Illinois. 

 Therange,which is quite wide, includes southwestern Illinois; northeast- 

 ern, southwestern, and southeastern Arkansas ; Miami and Scioto valleys, 

 and central Ohio; southern and southwestern Wisconsin; western and 

 central North Carolina; eastern Tennessee; South Carolina; northeast- 

 ern Kentucky; Kanawha valley; and Savannah, Georgia. 



H. Wide blade; short; convex edges; square shoulders or slight 

 barbs; base convex or concave; stem broad and expanding by curved 



