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thousands of disc-shaped perforated turquoise beads, 

 rectangular pieces which seem to have been fastened to 

 the clothing, splendidly carved birds and insects, and 

 remarkable mosaics. As examples of the latter may 

 be mentioned a cylinder the core of which had disinte- 

 grated greatly but with the mosaic covering still in 

 position, a bone scraper with an inlaid band, and a frog 

 of jet with an inlaid turquoise necklace and eyes. 



Polished Stone Chisels. 



At Pueblo Bonito were also found several flageo- 

 lets, some of them decorated with painted designs, 

 and one or two with carved figures of birds. From 

 Grand Gulch there is a rattle of small hoofs of deer or 

 antelope and dice together with a cup from which they 

 may have been thrown. 



There is no reason to suppose that the prehistoric 

 peoples of the Southwest knew how to secure and mak© 



