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  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  

  

  533 
  

  

  definitely 
  for 
  what 
  purpose 
  these 
  miniature 
  celts 
  were 
  used. 
  Cer- 
  

   tainly 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  sustained 
  rough 
  usage 
  [see 
  fig. 
  9, 
  it, 
  

   pi. 
  20]. 
  

  

  A 
  grooved 
  stone 
  sometimes 
  called 
  an 
  arrow 
  shaft 
  smoother 
  is 
  

   figured 
  in 
  text 
  figure 
  20. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  20 
  Arrow 
  shaft 
  rubber 
  and 
  polisher 
  

  

  Polished 
  stone 
  objects 
  

  

  No 
  polished 
  stone 
  articles 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  usually 
  termed 
  ceremonial 
  

   were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  excavations 
  although 
  a 
  gorget 
  was 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  site, 
  unless 
  the 
  very 
  interesting 
  

   polished 
  bar 
  of 
  Portage 
  shale 
  found 
  in 
  grave 
  96 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  

   ceremonial 
  [see 
  pi. 
  20, 
  fig. 
  4]. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  bar 
  of 
  this 
  description 
  

   in 
  the 
  museum 
  collection 
  which 
  came 
  from 
  Jefferson 
  county 
  and 
  the 
  

   writer 
  secured 
  another 
  15 
  inches 
  long 
  from 
  Mayville, 
  Chautauqua 
  

   co. 
  All 
  of 
  these 
  specimens 
  have 
  sharpened 
  ends 
  like 
  celts 
  and 
  for 
  

   the 
  want 
  of 
  a 
  definite 
  name 
  the 
  writer 
  proposes 
  the 
  term 
  " 
  bar 
  

   celt." 
  1 
  Thruston 
  in 
  his 
  Antiquities 
  of 
  Tennessee 
  in 
  plate 
  16 
  figures 
  

   an 
  implement 
  resembling 
  a 
  bar 
  celt. 
  He 
  describes 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   long 
  delicate 
  crescent-shaped 
  ' 
  implement 
  ' 
  of 
  highly 
  polished 
  syen- 
  

   ite, 
  represented 
  in 
  plate 
  XV 
  (author's 
  collection), 
  also 
  probably 
  

   belongs 
  to 
  the 
  ceremonial 
  class. 
  It 
  is 
  iiy 
  2 
  inches 
  long. 
  Originally 
  

   it 
  was 
  probably 
  12 
  inches 
  as 
  the 
  point 
  has 
  been 
  broken. 
  It 
  was 
  

   found 
  by 
  Theodore 
  Haslem 
  in 
  North 
  Nashville 
  (Tenn.)." 
  Objects 
  

   of 
  this 
  kind 
  are 
  probably 
  rare 
  and 
  but 
  few 
  have 
  been 
  described. 
  

   All 
  three 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  collection 
  are 
  flattened 
  on 
  the 
  bot- 
  

   toms 
  and 
  rounded 
  over 
  the 
  back 
  with 
  gradually 
  tapering 
  ends. 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  since 
  examined 
  another 
  bar 
  celt 
  found 
  by 
  Mr 
  .William 
  T. 
  

   Fenton 
  of 
  Conewango 
  Valley. 
  

  

  