Category: Archaeology & Anthropology

Stone Art Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 47-178.

The arts and their distribution 60 Districts 60 Descriptive terms 62 Ground and pecked articles 62 Grooved axes 62 Celts 72 Gouges 82 Chisels and scrapers 83 Chipped celts 86 Hematite celts 86 Pestles 87 Pitted stones 91 Cupped stones 91 Mullers 93 Grinding and polishing stone...

Chapters

9. Part 9

In the spades and hoes first to be considered the flaking seems to have been by percussion mainly, if not entirely; the same method appears to have been employed in obtaining fl...

12. Part 12

Lubbock considers it proved that the stone of which ornaments, carved axes, etc., are made could be worked with flint, and that the engraving on the Scotch rocks, even on granit...

5. Part 5

_A._ With expanding base; bottom flat or slightly convex, often with a slight depression in the middle. Handle tapering, or of uniform diameter to the top; in a few, slightly sw...

7. Part 7

_Q._ From southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia there are many disk-shape fragments of pottery, small, thin, and coarse, with the edges roughly chipped; and from north...

11. Part 11

_O._ Differing from group _N_ only in having longer stems and shorter blades, the latter sometimes less than an inch. Illustrated in figure 214 (from Kanawha valley). Found also...

2. Part 2

Careful study of the entire collection has failed to show the slightest difference in the form, finish, or material of implements from the same locality, whether found in mounds...

10. Part 10

_B._ Base straight or nearly so; edges parallel most of the length, curving abruptly to a point; usually with one face less convex than the other, even quite flat, giving a plan...

8. Part 8

+-------------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | District. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | +-------------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ |Eastern Te...

3. Part 3

There are a few exceptional forms which are not placed with those just given, since they may have some features common to all except the Keokuk type, while in other respects the...

13. Part 13

_E._ Broad; double-curved edges; notched in from the base, and barbs worked so as to be narrowest near the blade, with the ends straight or round; stem expanding by straight lin...

4. Part 4

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6. Part 6

Perforated stones were used by the southern Indians to drag along the bottoms of streams and frighten fish into their nets and traps.[51] Four disks 4 to 5½ inches in diameter,...

1. Part 1

The arts and their distribution 60 Districts 60 Descriptive terms 62 Ground and pecked articles 62 Grooved axes 62 Celts 72 Gouges 82 Chisels and scrapers 83 Chipped celts 86 He...