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Brown—Wisconsin s Quartzite Implements,. 
nient for transportation to the village and workshop sites. 
When this is accomplished, a more complete study will he pos¬ 
sible of the methods of manufacture and of the distribution 
of these implements within the bounds of the state. 
Quartzite implements are widely distributed throughout 
Wisconsin, and while it is probable that the greater frequency 
of their occurrence in certain localities than in others is due 
to the absence of other suitable and more easily worked ma¬ 
terials, it is probably equally true that the aboriginal inhabi¬ 
tants of other parts of the state appreciated the durability and 
beauty of quartzite, and that trades were conducted and ex¬ 
tended journeys made for the purpose of securing it. 
To what extent Wisconsin quartzites, either as blank forms 
or as finished implements, may have reached surrounding 
states in the course of aboriginal trade, we do not know. With 
the great supply at hand it would appear to have been un¬ 
necessary for our aborigines to import any of this material 
from Ohio or elsewhere. 
