Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . Fig. 36 -Grooved ax, showingcurved back. flattened Fig. 37.—Grooved ax, showingflattened straight hack. the Keokuk type, while in other respects they differ from all. Amongthem are some entire-grooved or grooved only on the two sides and oneface; the general outline may correspond with some of the regularforms, but one face is curved from poll to edge, whilethe other isstraight or nearly so (figure 39, of granite, from Wilkes county, NorthCarolina). This specimen has a depression, as if worn by the en
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . Fig. 36 -Grooved ax, showingcurved back. flattened Fig. 37.—Grooved ax, showingflattened straight hack. the Keokuk type, while in other respects they differ from all. Amongthem are some entire-grooved or grooved only on the two sides and oneface; the general outline may correspond with some of the regularforms, but one face is curved from poll to edge, whilethe other isstraight or nearly so (figure 39, of granite, from Wilkes county, NorthCarolina). This specimen has a depression, as if worn by the end of ahandle, on the straight face at the lower edge of the groove. None of this form are long enough for hoes, and although they mayhave been used for axes and hatchets their shape seems to indicateuse as adzes. Besides the one figured there are two from Savannah,Georgia; three from eastern Tennessee, one with a slight groove andvery deep side notches; and three from western North Carolina, two ofthem entire-grooved with groove projections. RAKER FORMS OF GROOVED AXES. G9 Another unusu
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