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STONE ART. 



(ETH. ANN. 13 



attachment to a sliaft, whether as an arrow or a s])ear, and at the same 

 time would be very difficult to withdraw from a wound. The shaft 

 would impede the flight of an animal pierced by the weapon, particu- 

 larly in weeds or bushes; though greater force 

 would be required with these than with the 

 more slender points to make them effective. 



The type delineated in figure '23S is from 

 Warren county, Ohio, and the form is well 

 represented also in Scioto and Miami valleys, 

 Ohio; western North Carolina; Kanawha val- 

 ley ; eastern Tennessee ; southern aud south- 

 western Wisconsin ; southeastern and south- 

 western Arkansas; northeastern Kentucky; 

 northeastern Alabama : and about Savannah, 

 Georgia. 



T. Convex edges; base 

 straight, or slightly convex 

 or concave, with square 

 corners, and nearly always 



Fig. 238.— Steinmeil (hiniiecl flint. i; i,„j „4.„.„ „„,„',1, „ 



" polished; stem as wide as 



the blade or wider. Some rather slender, others 

 as wide as long. Very few are beveled, except 

 those from Savannah, all of which are thus made. 



From three-fourths to 2^ 



inches long. Pound in 



, ,n T7- P'O' 239.— stemmed ohip- 



eastern Tennessee; Kana- peti Amt, notched, very 

 wha valley (including the ^^"'"'"'™ 

 specimen shown in tigure 239) ; western North 

 Carolina; southern and southwestern Wiscon- 

 sin; South Carolina; southwestern Arkansas; 

 Miami valley, Ohio; and in the vicinity of 

 Savannah. 



U. Edges usually straight, sometimes con- 

 vex; base regularly concave, or rounding off 

 into a convex curve at the corners, and nearly 

 always polished. The stem in all is wider 

 than the blade. Those from Savannah are all 

 beveled, and but few of them have polished 

 bases. The type, illustrated in figure 240, is 

 from Kanawha valley, aud others come from 

 Kanawha valley; southern Wisconsin ; Scioto 

 Fia. 240.— stemmeii ciiipp.ui liiut, Valley ; castcm Tennessee ; southwestern Illi- 



uotched, very wide stem. . , ^ i i^i 



nois ; and Savannah, Ceorgia. 

 V. Edges convex, seldom straight, never concave; usually well fin- 

 ished; base concave; notch worked in from the edge above the corner 

 so as to leave the upper portion of the tang parallel to the lower, or base; 

 corners square. Few are beveled. The length is from 1 to 4 inches, 



