CHIPPED FLINTS, WIDE STEMS. 



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Fio. 237.— Stemmed chipped flint. 



lines; generally thick. Those with convex base are all of medium size, 

 while those with concave base range from 

 an inch to 4 inches in length. 



The form is indicated in figure 227, repre- 

 senting a good specimen from Dane county, 

 Wisconsin. It is found over southern Wis- 

 consin; northeastern Alabama and Coosa 

 valley; southwestern Illinois and Brown 

 county in the same state; central North 

 Carolina; northwestern (leorgia and about 

 Savannah; eastern Tennessee; Mianu and 

 Scioto valleys, Ohio; Kanawha valley; 

 southwestern Arkansas; South Carolina; 

 and Keokuk, Iowa. 



/, Edges parallel, or nearly so most of the length, with abrupt curve 

 to the jjoint; base straight or slightly convex; 

 stem expanding by sti'aight 

 <'^l or curved lines; notched in 

 from the corners of the base 

 giving longbarbs, which, in 

 a lew, project slightly be- 

 yond the line of edges ; thin ; 

 well worked; from 2 to 4 

 inches long. 



The specimen illustrated 

 in figure 228 is from Dane 

 county, Wisconsin, and there 

 are several others from 

 southern Wisconsin; south- 

 western Illinois; Scioto val- 

 ley, Ohio; and Kanawha 

 valley, West Virginia. 

 J. Edges convex or sometimes straight; base straight or slightly 

 convex. Notched in on the edges, leaving the stem 

 nearly or quite as wide at the bottom as the blade; 

 corners of the base square or slightly rounded. Mostly 

 small, suitable for arrows, though a few are larger, up 

 to 3^ inches. A few of these have the base polished. 

 Some of the small ones are made of flakes having the 

 natural, conchoidal shape and worked on one side only. 

 Typical forms, shown in figures 229 and 230, are from 

 Kanawha valley, and Nicholas county, Kentucky, respec- 

 tively. The distribution extends also over southern and 

 southwestern Wisconsin; Miami valley, Ohio; Holt 

 ^'°chipi^dflh!"** county, Missouri; northeastern Kentucky; Brown 

 county, Illinois; southwestern Arkansas; Coosa valley, Alabama; 

 eastern Tennessee, and about Savannah, Georgia. 



Fig. 228.— Stemmed chipped 

 fliut, broad point. 



Fig. 229.— stemmed chipped 

 fliut. slender point. 



