The weathering of aboriginal stone artifacts, no 1 : a consideration of the paleoliths of Kansas (illustrated by 20 figures and 19 half-tone plates) . roixis. 129 . riuv ha\c a ciiar^e cliippini;, alnitSt recalling;Paleolithic art. and {Iwv arc usually larLier and thickerthan the .flossy l^arl}- .\c(jlilhic l>pc (No. 2). 3. Thc\- arc (juitc numerous in the collection, be-tween lort\- and hft}. and as a .^roup present a strikingcontrast with the Early Neolithic (No. 2) points,which are not only .flossy and thin, l)Ut of delicateshapes and sizes, as well as finely chipped. These two classes a
The weathering of aboriginal stone artifacts, no 1 : a consideration of the paleoliths of Kansas (illustrated by 20 figures and 19 half-tone plates) . roixis. 129 . riuv ha\c a ciiar^e cliippini;, alnitSt recalling;Paleolithic art. and {Iwv arc usually larLier and thickerthan the .flossy l^arl}- .\c(jlilhic l>pc (No. 2). 3. Thc\- arc (juitc numerous in the collection, be-tween lort\- and hft}. and as a .^roup present a strikingcontrast with the Early Neolithic (No. 2) points,which are not only .flossy and thin, l)Ut of delicateshapes and sizes, as well as finely chipped. These two classes are shown on plate Nl\ . If we ma} depend upon the criterion wliich has beenfollowed hitherto in the in\esti!.;atiun, (the differentweather effects) these coarser points indicate a lateintrusion of coarser culture into the area of the EarlyNeolithic culture, or else a succession of a people ofcoarser culture upon the spots that for a long time hadbeen the habitat of a higher (^Early Neolithic No. 2)culture. There are several considerations, based onthe specimens, w hich rather indicate the latter of thesealternatives; (a) The sudden appearance o
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