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taat the notch may be nothing nor© tlm: the shallow groove 
produced by continued use oi in© flaker on the sharp edges 
or the atone worked, yet the process would closely re¬ 
semble that described by Powers m which a pincer-llke 
tool was used. (Powers?)* And again the Cloud River 
Indian© ore si id to ha e used, a notched implement made 
or oune or antler roo©sibling the glatler c- diamond 
pointed glass fracturing implement* (Fowke ), The 
Mexicans, according, to one writer are sal to have 
used a notched lone in a similar manner, but according 
to Fowke, the edge of the stone was set in the notch and 
the flake was broket oil ith a sidewise blow. The 
notch here referred to is probably nothing more than 
the irregular notch cut in the bone tool by the sharp 
edge of the stone. 
A second distinctive or exceptional method of 
