. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . <^J1)04 Fig. Cheiit (from a shell heap onthe Tennessee Kiver, adjoining andopposite Savannah, Tennessee). (Collected by J. Parrish Stelle.)S. 1. Report, 1870, p. 4U. (Austin, Texas. .1. Van Ostrand. ) These implements* are to be remarked as representatives of a possi-ble new type. They are smaller and thinner than the others, and are. Fig. 10. PORPHYRITIC FELSITE.(Raleigh, North Carolina. Collected by Howard Hayward.) See Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9. A STUDY OF PREHISTORiC ANTHROPOLOaY. 635 found more frequently in the r
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . <^J1)04 Fig. Cheiit (from a shell heap onthe Tennessee Kiver, adjoining andopposite Savannah, Tennessee). (Collected by J. Parrish Stelle.)S. 1. Report, 1870, p. 4U. (Austin, Texas. .1. Van Ostrand. ) These implements* are to be remarked as representatives of a possi-ble new type. They are smaller and thinner than the others, and are. Fig. 10. PORPHYRITIC FELSITE.(Raleigh, North Carolina. Collected by Howard Hayward.) See Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9. A STUDY OF PREHISTORiC ANTHROPOLOaY. 635 found more frequently in the river valleys and on the lowlands, whilethe others are found more on the bluffs and highlands. They may befound in the neighborhood of mounds and other places of apparentIndian occupation, while the larger kind do not always seem to be. This implement* corresponds closely in appearance, material, andmode of manufacture to the average paleolithic implement; but thereis a remarkable difference in that this is notched on the edges, appar-ently for the purpose of attaching a handle with a withe or thong,and some of them show traces of such usage by these edges beingworn smooth. This featare is unique and has never been foundbelonging to an undoubted paleolithic implemment. The questionwhether they are paleolithic must therefore be held in abeyance andfor further examination. They have been rejDorted principally fro
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