Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . the Introductory Note, perhaps the three welldefined steps in the preparation of raw material noted wouldgive rise to three separate industries carried on by the same in-dividuals at different times or places or by difierent groups ofexperts trained in their respective industry. The first industry was that of quarrying which has beenfully described in the foregoing pages. The second industrywas the blocking out of selected pieces of flint into general formand testing of the raw material before it is taken to the work-shop. Very good examples of blo
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . the Introductory Note, perhaps the three welldefined steps in the preparation of raw material noted wouldgive rise to three separate industries carried on by the same in-dividuals at different times or places or by difierent groups ofexperts trained in their respective industry. The first industry was that of quarrying which has beenfully described in the foregoing pages. The second industrywas the blocking out of selected pieces of flint into general formand testing of the raw material before it is taken to the work-shop. Very good examples of blocked-out flint are shown inFig. 9. The blockcd-out specimens found so abundantly at theRidge range in length from twelve inches to three inches andin width from five inches to two inches. They are frequentlyfound near the quarry but the largest numbers are found in theworkshops where the blades are finished. When found nearthe quarry they are usually broken, showing that the piece offlint was defective. The blocking-out was perfected by the. ^<^L^*t.**- o
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