. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. \Q0 PALAFITTES, OR LACUSTRIAN CONSTRUCTIONS Xeither are Latcliets rare; we possess them by dozens. A hard stone was chosen, preferably an erratic pebble of diorite, serpentine, quartzite, or saussu- rite,* to Avhich they managed to give an edge, (Fig. 15.) This was after- wards introduced into a socket made of buck-horn, which was itself cut in such a manner as to adopt itself to a handle of wood, (Fig. 16.) The sockets are quite frequently
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. \Q0 PALAFITTES, OR LACUSTRIAN CONSTRUCTIONS Xeither are Latcliets rare; we possess them by dozens. A hard stone was chosen, preferably an erratic pebble of diorite, serpentine, quartzite, or saussu- rite,* to Avhich they managed to give an edge, (Fig. 15.) This was after- wards introduced into a socket made of buck-horn, which was itself cut in such a manner as to adopt itself to a handle of wood, (Fig. 16.) The sockets are quite frequently met with in certain localities, among others at Concise, but it is rare to find the two, (the hatchet in its socket,) and still more rare to possess the complete instrument, (hatchet, socket, and handle.) Dr. Clement has one of i'ift'Ui'e 13. Figure 16. the most complete specimens in existence, (Fig. 17 ;) it was derived from Con- cise. At other times the stone wa? inserted at the extremity of a portion of. 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. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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