Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . H EYE-PEP PER—EXPLORATION OF A MUNSEE CEMETERY 7 I eastern localities, this type was the most unusual, only 19 havingbeen found. Hammerstones of many sizes and shapes were recovered; theserange from the heavy, two-handed hammers, some of which measure9 in. in length by 3 in. in thickness, to the very small ones used forpecking the surface of implements in the process of their manu-facture. There are eight of the heavier class, two of which areshown in plate xxix, b. These are natural bowlders, but all showevidence of use, some being
Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . H EYE-PEP PER—EXPLORATION OF A MUNSEE CEMETERY 7 I eastern localities, this type was the most unusual, only 19 havingbeen found. Hammerstones of many sizes and shapes were recovered; theserange from the heavy, two-handed hammers, some of which measure9 in. in length by 3 in. in thickness, to the very small ones used forpecking the surface of implements in the process of their manu-facture. There are eight of the heavier class, two of which areshown in plate xxix, b. These are natural bowlders, but all showevidence of use, some being deeply pitted, while others have butslight artificial depressions. Small pitted hammerstones from the mound are shown inplate xxx. There are 49 of these, ten of them having been usedsecondarily as rubbing stones. Various other forms of hammerstones are lepresented, manyof them being elongate, in which cases one of the ends of the imple-ment exhibits wear. There are few grooved axes and mauls, three of the former andone of the latter being the only ones u
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