. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . d spadeUke implements.—These have been classed as axes,but an examination shows them more likely to have served as scrapersor spades. They are of large size, hard material, and scarcely enoughexamples have been found to establish them as a class. They are pos-sibly abnormal specimens. No. 96 is greenstone, from Kentucky; 97,from Arkansas; 98 and 99, from South Carolina. STONE VESSELS FOR CARRYING OR HOLDING LIQUIDS—COOKING AND GRINDING UTENSILS. Vessels like a pot or platter were made and used by the of th
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . d spadeUke implements.—These have been classed as axes,but an examination shows them more likely to have served as scrapersor spades. They are of large size, hard material, and scarcely enoughexamples have been found to establish them as a class. They are pos-sibly abnormal specimens. No. 96 is greenstone, from Kentucky; 97,from Arkansas; 98 and 99, from South Carolina. STONE VESSELS FOR CARRYING OR HOLDING LIQUIDS—COOKING AND GRINDING UTENSILS. Vessels like a pot or platter were made and used by the of the liocky Mountains they were made of soapstone; while onthe western side the material used was much harder. Soapstone quar-ries have been found in many parts of the United States v/here theseutensils had been manufactured by the prehistoric man. Uncompletedvessels and those in fragments are frequently found. They were manytimes made of a size and depth sufficient to hold, and if need be cook,liquids. (Figs. 30, 31, 32, 33.) A STUDY OF PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. G57.
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