376 STONE IMPLEMENTS 



to have permitted the use of both points. This specimen was secured by 

 Dr. Yarrow at the pueblo of Udefonso. Its worn and weathered surface 

 jmiy possibly indicate considerable antiquity. It is made of hard brown- 

 ish quartzite. 



A few other chipped implements from the same region as those figured 

 on the plate are in the collection before me. One of these is a small drill, 

 or perforator, the point of which is broken, with a broad flat base as if to 

 give a firm hold for the thumb and forefinger. It is of a light-colored chert, 

 and was obtained with the other specimens from the pueblo of Santa Clara. 

 A well made arrowhead, about an inch and a quarter long, of a light- 

 colored chert, with serrated edges, straight base, and notched on the sides, 

 is from the pueblo of Taos. From this place was also obtained a leaf- 

 shaped implement of about the same size, made of black obsidian. This 

 may be an arrowhead, but, although it is finely pointed at one end, it is flat 

 on one surface and the broad end is rounded and chipped, which gives it the 

 appearance of a scraper. At Coyote Creek, near Black Lakes, New Mexico, 

 Mr. J. C. Russell collected two chipped implements. One is of argillite, 

 4£ inches long and about 1 inch wide in the centre, where it is ^ an inch 

 thick. It is rudely chipped to a point at each end, and has a close re- 

 semblance to many of the rude implements from the Atlantic States. The 

 other implement is made of a piece of white chalcedony. This is oval in 

 shape, nearly flat on one surface and convex on the opposite. It is about 

 If inches long and half an inch thick. The chipping' has been principally 

 around the edges on the convex portion. Four small arrowpoints are also 

 in the collection, without a special label. One is of white quartz, nearly 

 three-quarters of an inch in length, with notched sides and straight base. 

 The others are of obsidian, two of which are broken. The perfect one is 

 less than half an inch wide and is three-quarters of an inch long. It has 

 serrated sides and a notched stem. 



The grooved "axes," eleven of which are represented on Plates XVII, 

 XVIII, and XIX, are of more than ordinary interest from their marked 

 peculiarities. Of these, eight, including six of those figured, are available 

 for description. Three of these seem to have had cutting edges, but they 

 are now so blunted that they appear to have been used more for giving 



