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  The 
  ordinary 
  celts 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  type 
  found 
  everywhere 
  in 
  the 
  

   Erie 
  cultural 
  area 
  and 
  in 
  general 
  throughout 
  the 
  Iroquoian. 
  Most 
  of 
  

   the 
  specimens 
  are 
  equilateral, 
  there 
  being 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  adz, 
  " 
  flat- 
  

   bellied 
  " 
  or 
  " 
  turtle-backed 
  " 
  forms. 
  The 
  majority 
  of 
  celts 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  graves 
  although 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  from 
  refuse 
  pits. 
  Three 
  entire 
  

   celts 
  and 
  two 
  broken 
  celts 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  " 
  feast 
  pit 
  " 
  previously 
  

   described 
  [pit 
  80] 
  . 
  One 
  small 
  double 
  edged 
  or 
  " 
  bitted 
  " 
  celt 
  is 
  

   shown 
  in 
  text 
  figure 
  13 
  [also 
  fig. 
  13, 
  pi. 
  20], 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  

   grave 
  92. 
  

  

  A 
  stone 
  press. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  objects 
  of 
  worked 
  

   stone 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Ripley 
  is 
  a 
  stone 
  press, 
  probably 
  

   used 
  for 
  pressing 
  the 
  juice 
  from 
  small 
  fruits. 
  The 
  bottom 
  portion 
  

   is 
  hollowed 
  out 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  Y-shaped 
  groove 
  incised 
  in 
  the 
  bottom. 
  

   The 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Y 
  runs 
  out 
  into 
  a 
  lip 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  liquid 
  or 
  juice 
  

   was 
  designed 
  to 
  be 
  poured. 
  The 
  upper 
  portion 
  fits 
  exactly 
  into 
  the 
  

   lower. 
  This 
  utensil 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  William 
  A. 
  Spears 
  

   which 
  was 
  purchased 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  never 
  

   seen 
  a 
  press 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  before 
  in 
  any 
  collection 
  and 
  the 
  specimen 
  

   is 
  probably 
  unique 
  [see 
  pi. 
  21]. 
  

  

  Stone 
  tobacco 
  pipes 
  

  

  The 
  stone 
  pipes 
  are 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  forms 
  of 
  polished 
  

   stone 
  articles. 
  Those 
  discovered 
  exhibit 
  many 
  interesting 
  features. 
  

  

  Two 
  pipe 
  bowls 
  carved 
  from 
  sandstone 
  are 
  of 
  interest 
  [pi. 
  22, 
  

   fig. 
  2, 
  3]. 
  Figure 
  2 
  is 
  bell-shaped 
  with 
  notches 
  cut 
  around 
  the 
  edge 
  

   and 
  a 
  cross 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  rounded 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  bowl. 
  In 
  Joseph 
  D. 
  

   McGuire's 
  American 
  Aboriginal 
  Pipes 
  and 
  Smoking 
  Customs, 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  Report 
  of 
  1897, 
  page 
  428, 
  figure 
  52, 
  

   is 
  figured 
  a 
  pipe 
  from 
  Accotink, 
  Va. 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  this 
  specimen. 
  

   Of 
  these 
  pipes 
  Dr 
  McGuire 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  bowl 
  pipes 
  of 
  vaselike 
  form 
  they 
  are 
  found 
  to 
  vary 
  

   from 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  long, 
  specimens 
  having 
  

   a 
  hight 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  their 
  diameter. 
  This 
  type 
  is 
  usually 
  

   made 
  from 
  steatite, 
  or 
  kindred 
  stones, 
  capable 
  of 
  resisting 
  heat, 
  

   though, 
  as 
  with 
  most 
  American 
  pipes, 
  there 
  are 
  numerous 
  excep- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  the 
  rule. 
  One 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  collection, 
  of 
  gray 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  cave 
  on 
  Tar 
  river, 
  Yancy 
  co., 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  

   and 
  another 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  kitchen 
  heap 
  in 
  Kanawha 
  county, 
  West 
  

   Virginia, 
  which 
  was 
  made 
  from 
  a 
  brown 
  stone. 
  Other 
  specimens 
  

   are 
  known 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  made 
  from 
  oartiallv 
  decomposed 
  limestone, 
  

   feldspar, 
  and 
  even 
  fossil 
  coral. 
  The 
  writer 
  is 
  informed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Rev. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Beauchamp 
  that 
  this 
  type 
  is 
  frequently 
  encountered 
  in 
  

   Onondaga 
  county, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  