. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Figure 18a. sented by figure 19 is of transparent nephrite of a fine leek-!2;rccn color; it forms part of the collection of Dr. Clement, at Saint Aubiu. Most of these singu- lar stones are set in the same manner. *It is a characteristic distinction be- tween our hatchets of the age of stone and those of anterior ages that the Figure 19. former are always worn down by sharpening on the grindstone, so as to present a very regular edge, which
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Figure 18a. sented by figure 19 is of transparent nephrite of a fine leek-!2;rccn color; it forms part of the collection of Dr. Clement, at Saint Aubiu. Most of these singu- lar stones are set in the same manner. *It is a characteristic distinction be- tween our hatchets of the age of stone and those of anterior ages that the Figure 19. former are always worn down by sharpening on the grindstone, so as to present a very regular edge, which is never the case with the hatchets of Abbeville, of the caverns, nor those of the Kjoekkenmoedings of Denmark, which are simply cut by chopping. Apart from these utensils, which are common to almost all savage tribes, we recognize, among our lacustrians of the age of stone, the beginnings of an art which attests the dawn of civilization. They manufactured pottery, somewhat shapeless and rude it is true, but which is not the less interesting, as well for its composition as its form and dimensions. It consists for the most part of large protuberant vessels, fashioned with the hand, the wheel of the potter being not yet known. The paste of which it is composed is but slightly homogeneous, * It Las been recently remarked ttat, in general, none but small hatchets of stone are found provided with handles, which would seem to warrant the conclusion that the largest, some of which weigh as much as two pounds, were not used with handles, but immediately with the hand. (Lachmanu, Gth report of Dr. Keller, p. 277.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secreta
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