. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 87.—Stemmed projectile point and split quartzite pebble scrapers from burial 3, Young site 14SC2. Actual size. short, wide, and thick, planoconvex in cross section, with a high dorsal ridge (fig. 87 &, c). This description, of course, would apply to count- less thousands of chipped scrapers from sites all over the Plains area, but the present specimens differ in at least two particulars: first, they are proportionately much shorter and thicker than the common Plains type, and secondly they seem to have been fashioned from small split pebbles or nodules with no
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 87.—Stemmed projectile point and split quartzite pebble scrapers from burial 3, Young site 14SC2. Actual size. short, wide, and thick, planoconvex in cross section, with a high dorsal ridge (fig. 87 &, c). This description, of course, would apply to count- less thousands of chipped scrapers from sites all over the Plains area, but the present specimens differ in at least two particulars: first, they are proportionately much shorter and thicker than the common Plains type, and secondly they seem to have been fashioned from small split pebbles or nodules with no subsequent modification other than a slight flaking at the thick work end. They probably would stand out as a distinct group in any collection of typical Plains end scrapers, though I suspect they were used in the same manner as the latter. The whole specimens show the following dimension ranges: 30 to 44 mm. long, 25 to 34 mm. wide, and 9 to 18 mm. thick. Of the four spalls from burial No. 3, one has finely retouched edges and may represent a knife or side scraper; the others suggest rejectage or unworked knife or scraper blanks. The mussel shells from the grave, three in number, represent local fresh-water species, including Ligumia subrostrata (Say) and Lamp- silis anodontoides (Lea).. 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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