. Bulletin. Ethnology. 332 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY ImiLL-. 60 ner of holding- tlic liaiiiaier .siisptMided behvwn the thumb and finger tips, thus niininii/iuLi' the iar and strain. Examples of hammerstones regarded as especially adapted to the Avork of shaping minor artifacts by crumbling are The Implements shown in ligurc ifSl), d.^ b. These are specialized by more or less decided flattening of the face or by slight indcntalions. D;)ubtless these discoidal forms, which are in some localities very numerous, served on occasion for other purposes. Although the discoidal pitted hammer is reg
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 332 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY ImiLL-. 60 ner of holding- tlic liaiiiaier .siisptMided behvwn the thumb and finger tips, thus niininii/iuLi' the iar and strain. Examples of hammerstones regarded as especially adapted to the Avork of shaping minor artifacts by crumbling are The Implements shown in ligurc ifSl), d.^ b. These are specialized by more or less decided flattening of the face or by slight indcntalions. D;)ubtless these discoidal forms, which are in some localities very numerous, served on occasion for other purposes. Although the discoidal pitted hammer is regarded by some students of the subject as the pecking tool par excellence, it is observed that in very many cases the periphery bears no traces of the battering which necessarily results from this use. It is also true that stones of other available shapes were employed in the crumbling work. The pitted disk may have been a favorite form in some sections, especially for minor work, but deep carving required pointed tools, and the. 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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