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reported from the Cave. The surface is smoked and greasy as 

 if it has been about the camp fire a good deal. A tomahawk 

 of nearly the same shape was recently found by Mr. Dwight 

 B. Pangburn, in a field bordering on Konold's Pond, less than 

 two miles northwest of Pine Pock. Both are of greenstone. 

 Very little use was made of trap, the rock that formed the 

 shelter. One of the few trap artifacts to reach the Museum is 

 a rudely chipped pick (fig. 9). 



Several grinding stones made of pebbles were secured, the 

 best one of which is seen in figure 10. A crude, partially 

 grooved hammer of granite (fig. 11) is the only one of its kind 



Fig. 27. 



Fig. 27. Potsherd showing rim decoration. Natural size. 



reported. Equally crude are the large dagger (fig. 12) of 

 schist, and a sinker (fig. 13) of the same material. The schist 

 for these two specimens and the slate for the semilunar knife 

 could have been obtained in the neighborhood of Maltby Lakes.* 



A fine leaf-shaped poniard or spearhead of hornstone is 

 reproduced in figure 11. Of notched spearheads, also horn- 

 stone, figure 15 is a good example. The arrowheads include 

 the notched and triangular types. In two cases there is but a 

 single lateral notch at the base ; one of these is reproduced in 

 figure 16. Quartz and varieties of hornstone were chiefly used 

 by the arrow-makers (figs. 17-21). There is one arrowhead of 

 quartzite (fig. 22) with a very sharp point and finely retouched 

 margins. Of flints there are but one or two cherty specimens 

 (fig. 23). Drills were scarce. Two types are represented in 

 figure 25. The one with narrow base is of hornstone and the 

 other of trap. 



The scarcity of bone artifacts recovered is due in part 

 perhaps to the fact that they did not attract the attention of 

 * Bock determinations are by Professor Joseph Barrell. 



