. Bulletin. Ethnology. 100 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 64 side only. Flint brazes are exceedingly rare, as the rough surface necessary for corn grinding must have been difficult to produce on so refractory a material, (c) Eight stone ax heads, varying from 3| to 8J inches in length, (d) A dark greenstone ax head, 9^ inches in length, with two shallow notches, one on each side of a shoulder situ- ated 3 inches from the base, probably intended to afford greater facility in hafting the implement, (e) Two well-chipped flint spear- heads, one lOj, the other 7^, inches in length, (f) An oblo
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 100 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 64 side only. Flint brazes are exceedingly rare, as the rough surface necessary for corn grinding must have been difficult to produce on so refractory a material, (c) Eight stone ax heads, varying from 3| to 8J inches in length, (d) A dark greenstone ax head, 9^ inches in length, with two shallow notches, one on each side of a shoulder situ- ated 3 inches from the base, probably intended to afford greater facility in hafting the implement, (e) Two well-chipped flint spear- heads, one lOj, the other 7^, inches in length, (f) An oblong block of flint 6^ inches in length and 6^ inches in circumference. This had FIG. object from Seven Hills. probably been used as a hammer- stone, since it exhibits well-defined percussion marks'at each extrem- ity, (g) A rather roughly chipped stellate disk of flint, 10 inches in diameter, with 13 sharp-pointed triangular rays or spines, each about 2 inches in length, at equal intervals around its periphery. Near the center of this object is a natural hole 3| inches in diameter. The upper part of this moimd consisted of earth and blocks of lime- stone; the lower part was not excavated. The implements were found lying close together in a cache, loose in the soil. Numerous rough potsherds were found, but there was no trace of human inter- ment discovered. In the southern part of British Honduras, not far from Punta Gorda, is a group of small natural elevations, known as Seven HiUs. Upon the summit of the highest of these, some years ago, the object illustrated in figure 46 was found. This somewhat resembles a horse- shoe with two long bars, each tapermg off to a point, projectuig from either side. It is very neatly chipped from grayish flint. Its extreme length is 16 inches. This implement was found just be- neath the surface, covered only by a few inches of soil. At a later date a nimiber of trenches were dug on the summit of this mound, but nothing except potsherds o
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