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statements. In coloring pots the colors were sometimes 

 mixed with sand in such quantities that it would color 

 the sand, and this mixture was rubbed into the pot 

 before it was burned. A quantity of this mixture was 

 discovered with the remains of a pot, which might have 

 contained it all ready for the potter's use. 



An explanation of the terms "pecking," "chipping," 

 "battering" and "flaking" would be in order at this point. 



By "pecking" is meant that style of work in which 

 one stone is pecked with another having a sharp point 

 or edge. This operation leaves the surface rough and 

 full of minute depressions. 



"Chijjping" is the term applied to the manufacture 

 of flint weapons and tools, and is done with a bone or 

 stick hardened in the fire. 



"Flaking" is also used in connection with flint, and 

 consists in taking off flakes of flint in giving shape to the 

 instrument, like chipping, only on a larger scale. It is 

 done with a flaking hammer elsewhere explained. 



"Battering," as the word implies, is the smashing 

 of one stone against another until the desired shape is 

 secured. It is used in the manufacture of hammers, 

 mauls, net sinkers, etc., and for all implements that do 

 not require a smooth or even finish. 



From the many different types we are led to believe 

 that all made their own tools and weapons to suit their 

 individual taste. While they are made in the same gen- 

 eral manner and of the same kind of material, yet there 

 is always a difference, more than there would be with 

 the same tools of the same material with the same work- 

 man. 



The more industrious would put a smooth finish and 

 a polish on their instruments, while the indolent would 

 be satisfied with the pecked or battered condition, leav- 

 ing the work rough and uneven. 



The groove in the pecked hammers and mauls is 

 made by pecking entirely around the hammer. The 

 groove and body are left rough and uneven. We call 

 them "hammers," but they had many other uses. Among 

 the more important was the grinding of corn, which was 

 done in the following manner: A good sized boulder 



