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Grooved Stone Mauls 
Mauls are grooved, oval (in some cases nearly round) stones which are 
either round or oval in cross-section. A few have a flattened striking-face 
at one end. They vary in size, one of the largest being 6§ inches long and 
3 1 inches in diameter. One specimen is unusual in having a pit on one side, 
in which respect it is like some mauls from the Oregon and Washington coasts. 
Mauls are rare on Algonkian sites, and only one has been reported 
from an Iroquoian site. 
Knife-like Tools 
Several thin, knife-like objects, made of schistose slate and horn- 
blende schist, with one of the long edges sharpened and a sharp edge at 
Dne or both ends, have been discovered on a few Neutral and Mohawk- 
Onondaga sites of the pre-European period, but none has been found at an 
Algonkian site. 
Dagger-like Object 
A long, slender, dagger-like object, polished, with a blade like a bayonet 
and the handle carved to represent the head of a bird was found on a post- 
European Tionontati site. The specimen is unique. 
Pendants 
Pendants made of small, flat pebbles, round, oval, or pear-shaped and 
in some cases decorated (Plate XII, figure 6), have been found on Neutral- 
Iroquoian sites of all periods. They are not found on Algonkian sites. A 
few specimens, including circular disks and others carved to represent 
certain animals, made of a reddish stone resembling catlinite, have been 
found on post-European Tionontati sites (Plate XII, figure 7); these, 
also, do not occur on Algonkian sites. 
Beads 
Many discoidal (Plate XII, figure 9) and a few cylindrical beads made 
of stone (Plate XII, figure 10), chiefly soapstone and slate, have been 
found on pre-European Huron, Tionontati, and Mohawk-Onondaga sites, 
but do not occur on Algonkian sites. 
Disks 
Disks consisting of pieces of limestone or shale, with the edges smoothed 
and rounded and in some cases polished, perforated, or with markings on 
one or both faces, are found on late pre-European Huron and Mohawk- 
Onondaga and post-European Tionontati and Huron sites (Plate XII, 
figures 11 and 12), but are not found on Algonkian sites. 
Plummet-like Objects 
What are known as plummets are more or less pyriform objects with 
a groove around the smaller end, in one case with a hole in addition to the 
groove. They are of unknown use. Only one specimen known to the 
writer is polished, although others may have been polished, their present 
