Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . INCIPIENT VESSELS BROKEN DURING THE SHAPING OPERATIONS AND LEFT WITH THE QUARRYREFUSE; FROM THE CLIFTON QUARRY; ABOUT ONE-THIRD ACTUAL SIZE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PU LXXVIII. SERIES OF FORMS SHOWING STEPS IN THE STEATITE-SHAPING PROCESS RANGING FROMTHE OVOID MASS CUT FROM THE QUARRY TO THE ROUGH FINISHED VESSEL ; FROMTHE CLIFTON QUARRY; ABOUT ONE-THIRD ACTUAL SIZE HOLMES) CONNECTICUT AVENUE QUARRIES 123 sloiieof tlie soutlieiii hill (i)late lxxxviii). A uest of four well-sliapcdchise
Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . INCIPIENT VESSELS BROKEN DURING THE SHAPING OPERATIONS AND LEFT WITH THE QUARRYREFUSE; FROM THE CLIFTON QUARRY; ABOUT ONE-THIRD ACTUAL SIZE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PU LXXVIII. SERIES OF FORMS SHOWING STEPS IN THE STEATITE-SHAPING PROCESS RANGING FROMTHE OVOID MASS CUT FROM THE QUARRY TO THE ROUGH FINISHED VESSEL ; FROMTHE CLIFTON QUARRY; ABOUT ONE-THIRD ACTUAL SIZE HOLMES) CONNECTICUT AVENUE QUARRIES 123 sloiieof tlie soutlieiii hill (i)late lxxxviii). A uest of four well-sliapcdchisels, two of which appear in plate xci, was discovered by me nearthe summit of the hill; all were sharpened by grinding. One of the most im])ortant finds nuxde during tlie excavations at thisplare was a large grooved ax of the wedge-hafted type (-stoiie iu place. There is no doubt that this tool was used oy theancieut qnarrynien in dislodging, and possildy iu trimming, the massesof stone. Its edge shows considerable wear, apparently from use as apick, and its surface irregularities are filled with steatite. Its weighta
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