. Bulletin. Ethnology. 160 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 177. Figure 64.—Decorated disk said to come from a burial site on the Abary River (after W. E. Roth, MS., pi. 33-1). Stone Aetifact Types Only 46 stones showing working were found, and only 21 are arti- facts, the others are cores or chips (Appendix, table 24). All the tools are ground or polished. Kock materials include andesite, granite, fine-grained schist, quartzite, and gabbro. Limonite and hematite were used for rubbing stones. Ads (fig. 65, h).—The only example of an adz is well polished with the sides slightly convex, taper
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 160 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 177. Figure 64.—Decorated disk said to come from a burial site on the Abary River (after W. E. Roth, MS., pi. 33-1). Stone Aetifact Types Only 46 stones showing working were found, and only 21 are arti- facts, the others are cores or chips (Appendix, table 24). All the tools are ground or polished. Kock materials include andesite, granite, fine-grained schist, quartzite, and gabbro. Limonite and hematite were used for rubbing stones. Ads (fig. 65, h).—The only example of an adz is well polished with the sides slightly convex, tapering from the greatest width at the blade end toward the butt, which is battered from hammering. The faces are parallel, the butt flat and the blade off center. The corners of the blade have been broken off. Length is cm,, width at the blade 5 cm., width at the butt cm., thickness cm. Axes or celts (fig. 65, a, c).—Seven ax fragments were identified, the majority too small to reconstruct the size of the original object. One complete specimen has parallel sides and a convex blade and butt. Both ends are battered from chopping and hammering. The surfaces taper from a maximum thickness of cm. at the center toward both ends. Length is cm., width cm. One fragment of a butt tapers to a small end. Surfaces are polished on all the examples. Several complete axes from the Abary are illustrated by Verrill (1918 b, fig. 1). The excavated fragments suggest that the majority have a parallel-sided or petalloid form. One is aberrant, having deep, side notches a short distance from the butt end; this form is typical of the Rupununi Phase (cf. fig. 119; pi. 61).. 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. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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