208 THE STONE AGE IN NEW JERSEY. 
seems incredible that a form so easily destroyed as this should fi- — 
nally have been picked up in its present condition, In a very stony 
field that for a century has been under uninterrupted cultivation. 
We have to refer to one more form of arrowhead with projecting — 
base. For delicacy of finish and beauty of outline it is unequalled. — 
As will be seen by the illustration (Fig. 50), the base is broken off, 
but we can feel confident that it was sufficiently prolonged to ena — 
ble the very accurately finished barbs to be effective. We imagine — 
the prehistoric hunter who supported a quiver of arrows with such 
heads as these did not waste them on small game. However great 
the skill of an arrow maker, to turn out such 
work was undoubtedly a tedious operation. | 
The second great division of arrowheads, l 
which furnishes less variety in shape, is 14 ni 
plified in its study by the greater uniformity | 
of size, and there is proof from this alone that : 
their use was for shooting purposes only. We T 
have not yet collected a single plainly based 
specimen, i. e. without a tang, that was too 
large to seem fitted for arrow purposes, oF by 
its size suggested any other use. This ¢ : 
may be further subdivided into such as have 
Fig. 50. 
largest number belong to the wy 
mn next in number to the second seri sa 
fewest specimens are those with straight 
Natural size, 
ases. 
These remarks on relative abundance are liable to be w 
almost any time. As in the case of axes, so We yee 
meet with “ deposits” of arrowheads ;” the storehouse, % pee 
of a tribe or perhaps of an arrow maker ; and as in such oe 5 Ki 
is always a predominance of one form, so it may be that ie j 
lectors have a majority of straight based specimens from t ma 
cality ; or a future “ find,” will change the relative Pn iot 
_ which we have given. No predominance of any one ene 
ever, marks the site of the dwelling and worksh 
maker. . In some cases the variety is wonderful ; an 
nfinished specimens suggest that variety was continas! 
at by the “flint chipper.” We have seen er 
such a locality, that we have not yet met with in 4 fin 
